By
Nate Anderson
| Last updated June 10, 2009 12:01 PM CT
The French Constitutional Council has ripped into the
new Création et Internet law
which would disconnect repeat online copyright infringers, calling the
basic premise unconstitutional. "Innocent until proven guilty" remains
a central principle of French law, and it cannot be bypassed simply by
creating a new nonjudicial authority.
Better known as the "three strikes" law,
Création et Internet
set up a High Authority in France that would oversee a graduated
response program designed to curb online piracy. Rightsholders would
investigate, submit complaints to the High Authority (called HADOPI,
after its French acronym), and the Authority would take action.
Warnings would be passed to ISPs, who would forward them to customers;
after two such warnings, the subscriber could be disconnected and
placed on a nationwide "no Internet" blacklist.
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