France Passes Harsh Three-Strikes Legislation, Again

shrik writes "After having it struck down as 'unconstitutional' by the Conseil Constitutionnel once, Sarkozy's controversial 'three-strikes' law (known as HADOPI) was once again passed by the French National Assembly, this time allowing for a judge to order the disconnection (without requiring the presence of the accused party!), thus placating some of the administrative concerns. Opponents say they will 'challenge the law again in front of the Constitutional Council because it deprives the accused of being able to defend themselves properly.' Coverage at Ars also points out a provision that says, 'all Internet users must keep their connections 'secure' and are responsible for what happens on them.'"

Comments

How many people have been falsely accused?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

I've seen many instances of people getting busted for child porn on their hard drives. I've seen many stories of people getting busted for illegally uploading copyrighted material. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

But I ain't never seen nobody get arrested for shenanigans someone else pulled on their network.

Re:Linux Adpption should be up

[linca]

The thing is, you have to "secure" your connection by installing government mandated software... That will only be available for windows, probably.