France abandons "3 strike" Internet access policy

[Fetzie]

France has abandoned the previous government's "3 strike" anti-piracy policy, which has seen only one individual lose internet access for 15 days and 29 users referred to a court. ISP's reported the system was very expensive and ineffective and the new culture minister called the punishment disproportionate.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23252515

 

[EChondo]

The problem with this is that now you won't have your Internet cut out, but now you have fines and can be charged for theft.

 

Before they would just cut off your service or throttle you, now they see they can make money off of it(I wonder where they got this idea from) so they are changing their policies so they can have more money.

[Fetzie]

"The file-sharers face fines"

 

not the file users. France is going after distributors that make money off pirating material now, not users any more.

[EChondo]

"The file-sharers face fines"

 

not the file users. France is going after distributors that make money off pirating material now, not users any more.

 

Not exactly.

 

Today’s changes by the French don’t mean that infringing file-sharers can relax though. The decree goes on to explain that file-sharing offenses may still be punishable by a fine, up to 1500 euros in the case of gross negligence.

To this end, the decree clarifies that ISPs must provide access to names, address and other personal details of subscribers in order to facilitate the implementation of a system for issuing automating file-sharing fines. Disconnections may have been removed, but the war against individuals will continue.

 

http://torrentfreak.com/three-strikes-and-youre-still-in-france-kills-piracy-disconnections-130709/