The curtain has risen on the third act of one of the most ambitious French musical productions, one whose goal is to end digital piracy. […]
But the curtain has not yet come down for the fallen file-sharers. As a presidential election nears, opposition to the law is heating up. […]
Rivals […], who championed the measure, say that it infringes on civil liberties. His opponents, building on the momentum from a successful campaign to defeat two US congressional bills aimed at curbing piracy, as well as a swell of protest against an international copyright treaty, want to repeal or revamp the French law. […]
Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net, a group that campaigns against restrictions on the internet, said » the law had resulted in increased use of virtual private network software and other anonymity tools. »
“Apparently some of its intimidation is having a psychological effect,” he said of the three-strikes law, but added: “The political costs of creating an institution like this are tremendous.”
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