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France Mulls Three-Strikes Law Amid Privacy Objections

in News on September 16, 2009 at 10:10 am PT

The French National Assembly on Tuesday approved a draft “three strikes” law that would allow authorities to cut off Internet access to piracy offenders. The measure, which France’s Senate passed in July, was narrowly approved by the parliament with a vote of 285 to 225, and is viewed as a compromise to a similar law that was rejected for being too harsh.