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[ PRIVACY Forum ] French Appear Ready to Soften Law on Media Piracy
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French Appear Ready to Soften Law on Media Piracy
http://j.mp/17gbtAR (New York Times)
"In the United States, for example, five major Internet providers
recently agreed to put in place a so-called copyright alert system,
negotiated with the entertainment industry. Sanctions, which can
include a temporary slowdown in Internet access speed, do not kick in
until an account holder ignores at least five warnings. Analysts say
that the backtracking by the French could lessen legislators'
enthusiasm for graduated response systems in other countries, at least
if they involve the threat of disconnection. "Looking at this
politically, if one of the few countries where they were able to get
the political support to pass this - if they get rid of it, it could
make it harder to do graduated response elsewhere," said Brett
Danaher, a professor at Wellesley College who worked on the study
examining the effects of Hadopi on iTunes sales."
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