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French Court Levies First Fine Under 3-Strikes Piracy Law

Posted by timothy on from the but-those-songs-were-priceless dept.

itwbennett writes "In the first trial resulting from the controversial three-strikes copyright law, a French court on Thursday fined a man €150 for failing to secure his Internet connection. His negligence led to the illegal download of files, including two Rihanna songs that were downloaded by his wife."

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  1. Re:Good job France! by Dynedain · · Score: 4, Informative

    What do you mean "out of nowhere"? France was the first country to pass 3-strike laws for copyright violations and has been pushing this crap for years. /. covered this extensively 4 years ago... and I'm pretty sure it was on here even before that, but I'm too lazy to do more Googling.

    I'm just surprised it's taken them this long to enforce the law.

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  2. Re:Keep the woman in line? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to the 3-strike law, it's the responsibility of one who signs a contract for internet access contract to make sure that his/her computer cannot be used to breach law. The lady will not be fined because it's just too difficult for the Court to prove she downloaded the file (and not a neighbour or a relative on a visit). But the guy can be fined, because the contract was in his name, and it can be proven that his connection was used to download a song illegally.