Nearly three years ago President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed what was to have been the world’s toughest crackdown on illegal file-sharing. After two years of political, judicial and regulatory setbacks, the legislation was approved last September, authorizing the suspension of Internet access to pirates who ignored two warnings to quit. […]
Since then, not a single warning has been sent out; not a single broadband connection has been cut. […]
The French government seems unlikely to scrap the system, given the amount of political energy that has been expended. Some rights holders are keeping the faith.