Comments on: French 3 strikes law up again on April 29 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/20437 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Henry Emrich http://www.p2pnet.net/story/20437/comment-page-1#comment-972158 Henry Emrich Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:56:18 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=20437#comment-972158 "Even if it is adopted, argues Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, the head of ACSEL, a group representing French internet firms, the new law will be ineffective. Downloaders will sign up for anonymised and encrypted internet connections, he suggests, and will download content from people outside France, who are beyond the reach of the law. Germany, worried about privacy, recently decided against adopting a similar law. But Italy’s government has said that it might copy the French. Britain is thought to be moving towards something similar; last year it declared its intention to reduce illegal file-sharing by 70-80% in the next two or three years. " Utter and complete failure in any case. A "law" which cannot be meaningly enforced may still exist "De Jure", but has already been "de facto" repealed. Look up the distinction, it's informative. “Even if it is adopted, argues Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, the head of ACSEL, a group representing French internet firms, the new law will be ineffective. Downloaders will sign up for anonymised and encrypted internet connections, he suggests, and will download content from people outside France, who are beyond the reach of the law.

Germany, worried about privacy, recently decided against adopting a similar law. But Italy’s government has said that it might copy the French. Britain is thought to be moving towards something similar; last year it declared its intention to reduce illegal file-sharing by 70-80% in the next two or three years. ”

Utter and complete failure in any case.
A “law” which cannot be meaningly enforced may still exist “De Jure”, but has already been “de facto” repealed.
Look up the distinction, it’s informative.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/20437/comment-page-1#comment-972137 Reader's Write Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=20437#comment-972137 "Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort" Forgotten. “Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort”

Forgotten.

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