France’s [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/09/16/france-passes-tough-internet-piracy-law]controversial “three-strikes” law[/URL] aimed at taking down illegal downloaders appears to have suffered a delay while the government seeks mandatory approval of the law from an independent authority.
France needs an opinion from the [URL=http://www.cnil.fr]Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)[/URL] to enact the law [URL=http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-as-in-uk-french-three-strikes-may-be-delayed-to-after-elections/]writes Paid Content[/URL]. So far, CNIL has chosen not to issue a decree, [URL=http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latribune.fr%2Fentreprises%2Fcommunication%2Ftelecom-internet%2F20091223trib000455856%2Fun-differend-avec-la-cnil-retarde-encore-l-hadopi.html&sl=fr&tl=en]reports La Tribune[/URL], thus effectively blocking the implementation of the law, which was scheduled to be put into motion this month.
This bump in the road could mean a delay of three months until the law, also known as the Hadopi Law, is enacted.
Internet pirates will be warned twice under the law—once by email and once in a physical delivered letter—before a third strike is issued, which could result in fines, prison terms and/or the loss of Internet service.
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