France Revokes Ability To Disconnect Convicted File-Sharers From the Internet

New submitter Nicolas Jondet writes "French courts will not be able to disconnect convicted file-sharers from the Internet anymore. On Tuesday, the French Culture minister issued a decree modifying the graduated response scheme and removing the disconnection penalty. 'The report says that instead of simply disconnecting users, those suspected of copyright could be fined if they did not reply to warnings, with a relatively low fine (€60) to begin, and the size of the fine would increase depending on the number of infractions. French anti-piracy will now their focus – instead of handing heavy punishments to individual users, the government is looking towards penalizing "commercial piracy" and "sites that profit from pirated material," according to an official spokesperson.'"

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Re:For once...

[Anonymous Coward]

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Do they mean...?

[mark-t]

Will they increase the fine, as they say, with the actual number of infractions? Or do they really mean they'll increase it with the number of allegations?