Rik Myslewski from The Register Reports:
French politicians have handed the international music and video industries a victory against online media pirates with legislation to punish offenders. The bill, backed by pro-business president Nicolas Sarkozy, slipped comfortably through the National Assembly with a 296-to-233 margin. It’s set for a vote in the Senate on Wednesday. The bill will carve into French law the much discussed “three strikes” warn-then-disconnect policy that the Assembly had rejected only last month. Under the three-strikes law, a new government agency will first send media pirates an email warning. If the piracy persists, a more-stern letter will be sent. If that doesn’t stop the illegal file-sharing, the government will have the power to cut off the pirate’s internet access for one year. Continue Reading

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