Looks like another stay of execution for illegal file sharers in France. The “three-strikes” anti-piracy law approved by the French senate last October, and due to to come into effect this month, is being put on pause by the government’s main agency overseeing the use of personal data and online privacy, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).
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Ballard adds that implementing Hadopi will also give more weight to similar laws being considered in the UK and elsewhere. “It’s very likely we will see more [laws like this in other countries] particularly with the new directive,” he says. “It creates a framework through which this kind of mechanism can be deployed.”
http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-as-in-uk-french-three-strikes-may-be-delayed-to-after-elections/