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Legal Authority Kills French Three-Strikes Law

The French Hadopi legislation passed last month introduced draconian measures to combat piracy, including a ?three strikes? regime for persistent copyright infringers. However, France?s highest constitutional authority today ruled that Internet access is a fundamental human right and killed the three-strikes provision. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Kdvd0Ull7uTnVvds6Edeu3P-4Yo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Kdvd0Ull7uTnVvds6Edeu3P-4Yo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Kdvd0Ull7uTnVvds6Edeu3P-4Yo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Kdvd0Ull7uTnVvds6Edeu3P-4Yo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/nHpAEO2x9gQ" height="1" width="1"/>