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

[ka9yhd]

"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.'"

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/07/09/234249/france-revokes-ability-to-disconnect-convicted-file-sharers-from-the-internet

[mimas]

During three years and a half, HADOPI (the name of  the institution with the scissor) transmitted 14 files  to the court and one person was punished by a 150 € fine. This success costs us about 12 millions €.