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French anti-piracy law rejected by parliament
By Fabio on Thursday April 9th 2009 04:33 | Category: Web
The French Parliament rejected the controversial anti-piracy law by Sarkozy. The three-strikes bill was discarted 21 against 15 votes while earlier that day it was approved by the Senate.
The Members of Parliament were mainly objected to a particular passage in the act. It concluded that the Internet file-sharers still need to pay their internet bill even if shut-off. The passage had been added to the three-strikes bill' at the last moment. Which rubbed a number of people in the parliament the wrong way, including two members of Sarkozy's right-wing majority who joined the opposition. The emergence of members of the ruling UMP party of Sarkozy had failed, because the vote was seen as a formality. Ultimately, the bill was rejected 21 against 15 votes.
According to Roger Karoutchi, the Minister responsible for the relationship to parliament, the opposition merely delayed the controversial bill and it will still be passed someday in time. "The law will only be delayed by a few weeks," said Karoutchi. The French government will submit the bill once more later this month, but it is expected that the disputed last-minute adjustments to the legislation will be removed.
Sarkozy plotted the bill in cooperation with the music industry. The proposal means that Internet users who illegally share files through p2p networks will be completely shut off from the Internet after two warnings. This Internet exile lasts up to one year. Opponents of the law, including consumer groups say that innocent Internet users will be affected and that the level of punishment does not match the offence. The European Commission is still in two minds to implement the three strikes model across the entire EU, but in April 2008 the European Parliament said it's against the banishment of file-sharers.
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