Thursday, May 14, 2009

3 Strikes and You're...Off the Internet?

An interesting proposal aimed at curbing Internet piracy is making its way through the French legislature. The plan includes a "three strikes" provision that would permit the French government to revoke an individual's Internet access after three accusations of copyright infringement. Ed Felten of Princeton University responded with a tongue-in-cheek proposal of his own.

EDIT: Here's another article about the French three-strikes law from NPR's website.

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