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HADOPI To Disconnect 60 People In France

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 5, 2011 @07:05PM from the no-internet-for-you dept.

bs0d3 writes "Today in France under the new HADOPI law, 60 people have received their third strike and are facing disconnection from the internet. The first 60 may only be the beginning. 650,000 people have received their first strikes, and 44,000 are on their second."

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Re:Human Right by 91degrees · 2011-10-05 21:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

The right to a fair public trial is also a human right as well though, and these alleged criminals didn't get one.

Article 10: "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him."