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A controversial French bill which could disconnect people caught downloading content illegally three times has been passed by the National Assembly.The legislation, backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, was surprisingly voted down by the Assembly last month.
The bill sets a tough global precedent in cracking down on internet piracy, and is being closely watched by other governments as a potential deterrent. The Creation and Internet bill was passed by a vote of 296 to 233 by the lower house and will go before the Senate for final approval on Wednesday.
By "people", presumably they mean the account holder the IP was allocated to at time of alleged transgrssion
By "caught", do they mean "reported by rights holder"
"Downloading"? I thought uploading was the crime?
"content" and "illegally" seems pretty robust, the TPB thread [webmasterworld.com] notwithstanding
"download" equals uploading for PTP
Also, I bet this only applies to big media. I someone in France keeps ripping off my website I doubt they will cut them off for it....
