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Originally Posted by HarryT
You might find it fruitful to do a little research into the number of people who have been thus disconnected. The answer may surprise you.
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None, last I heard. But 60 people are on their last accusation. Like I said, most of them have paid for off-shore proxies and encryption to get around it, as well as subscriber download services that aren't monitored. The real question is how many of those people would have paid that money for a legal download service instead?
I can't seem to find any French entertainment industry profit figures for 2010-11 which would cover the introduction of Hadopi, except for one company that reports a 35% drop in profits. It obviously hasn't done that company any good whatsoever. The most likely cause would be the loss of disposable income the French have now that they have to pay higher internet fees because of Hadopi.