France takes on net pop pirates (News)

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France takes on net pop pirates


French pirates face being cut off from the internet
France is stepping up efforts to stop net users pirating pop music.

The get tough policy is part of an agreement signed between French net providers and record companies.

Under the agreement net users who pirate music will be sent warnings and could face being cut off if they do not stop the illegal sharing.

To give people an alternative to free, pirated tracks, French music firms are increasing the numbers of legitimate tunes available to buy and download.

Series of steps

The agreement to do more to combat piracy was brokered by the French government and was signed by French net providers Free, Noos, Club Internet, Wanadoo and Tiscali France.

The charter calls on the net service firms to use an escalating series of measures to stop people pirating and sharing pop music.

The first step in the process will be warnings sent to subscribers identified by music firms as acting illegally.

Copyright violators also face having their net account suspended.

But the head of the French net service providers association and chief executive of Club Internet, Christine Levet, told the French news agency AFP that member firms would "cut subscriptions only upon the decision of a judge".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3935675.stm

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with all the shit going on in the world today they are worried about people downloading stuff.why don't all the money they use to try and stop filesharing be used to combat terrorist or feed the hungry.this shit is starting to make me sick.