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• 21 Sep 09
  

  Alexandre Enkerli
• 19 Sep 09
  

  Patrick O'Keefe
  • The French National Assembly has passed a draft law that would allow illegal downloaders to be thrown off the net.
  • The law was narrowly passed by 285 votes to 225.
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  • • The ruling majority UMP voted in favour but the Socialist Party has already announced that they will appeal to the Constitutional Court once again.
    • An earlier version of the bill was ruled unconstitutional and a compromise version was hammered out.
    • The document will only be adopted definitely if a commission - made up of seven senators and seven deputies - can agree a joint version in the next few days.
    • The proposed legislation operates under a "three strikes" system. A new state agency would first send illegal file-sharers a warning e-mail, then a letter and finally cut off their connection if they were caught a third time.
• 16 Sep 09
  

  Jonathan Bailey

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