[ZDnet] France pushes ahead with ‘three strikes’ internet law

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French lawmakers have passed an amended version of the Hadopi legislation that calls for persistent file-sharers to be cut off from the internet. […]

Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of French civil liberties organisation La Quadrature du Net, told ZDNet UK that the Hapodi law represented a disproportionate response to file-sharing.

« The internet is used for every major aspect of our lives, and is more and more essential for the efficient functionning of our societies, » Zimmermann said. « The internet is essential for one’s fundamental freedom of expression — confirmed by the French Constitutional Council — so cutting off internet access today is a kind of electronic death penalty… e-guillotine! »

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