Illegal downloaders will be barred from broadband access in France thanks to a brand-new, immensely retarded law:
“There is no reason that the internet should be a lawless zone,” President Sarkozy told his Cabinet yesterday as it endorsed the “three-strikes-and-you’re-out” scheme that from next January will hit illegal downloaders where it hurts.
Less you think this was a complete industry buy-out of a country’s legal process:
Under the accord, the entertainment industry will also drop existing copyright protection on French material so that music or videos bought legally online can be played on any sort of device.
This plus the Red Bull thing from earlier today doesn’t exactly make France look particularly friendly to us geek types.