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French Assembly Adopts 3-Strikes Bill
An anonymous reader writes "After lots of turmoil, including a surprise rejection and a European amendment against it, Sarkozy's 3 strikes law has just been passed by the French Assembly [in French]: 'The first warning mails ... should be sent in the coming fall. In case of second offenders, the first disconnections should start beginning 2010.'"
After months of bullying and sneakiness, he finally got it through, and well done.
But I won't feel much sympathy when the cut-off peasants storm his gates holding pitchforks, hot pokers and rope.
In Soviet France Freedom Fries youz?
We've built a network designed to share information across vast distances very cheaply. This is a very good thing.
Being able to share your movies with people across a continent the same way you would in your living room is a feature.
Allowing people to share books with one another and learn from them is a feature.
Letting people remix content from artists and share it with the world is a feature.
Telling people they cannot speak, read, listen or watch because they're part of the future and not part of the past is a bug.
I prefer "pommes frites". It sounds sexier.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
I don't understand the appeal of *those* kinds of videos. Ick. Nevertheless I will defend to the death your right to free speech and free viewing of them.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Start e-mailing links to copyrighted material and get the government's internet shutdown, and if they don't shut themselves off then start suing and having them charged with corruption until they force them to repeal their bill.
-Ours is the wisdom of Solomon, the magic of Merlyn, the fall of Icaris.
Yeah I'm glad I live in the US, where our government would NEVER sell us out to business interests!
At least they have better wine and cheese.
93rd rule of Slashdot: No matter how obvious my sarcasm is, my comment will be taken seriously by someone.
Indeed, worse than World War II even.
Note the careful evasion of Godwin's Rule.
I have left slashdot and am now on Soylent News. FUCK YOU DICE.
To whose death?
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
How about a little context with my stuff that matters?
Suddenly the entire editorial staff burst out in a fit of riotous laughter.
So, to paraphrase a famous person who didn't say it, *6,121 km oughta be good enough for everybody* That about right?
Todos mis movimientos están friamente calculados
the Poms are on the other side of the channel..
Australia?
Whoever's is nessesary, preferably the politicians though. ;)
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
Iceland's so poor, even the criminals have to live on the street.
> perhaps ... French culture is the way to go this time.
I'm sure Sarko is thinking something along these lines...
Si la transmission est encryptée, n'est-elle plus en français, n'est-ce pas? Ceci diluerait la langue française sacrée. Ceci doit être proscrit immédiatement! :-)
Ian Ameline
Technoviking's available, and they can surrender to him without looking too stupid.
No need, they're doing it to themselves.