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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The accused in France receive an email, and then a registered letter (6 months later iirc), notifying them that they are suspected of piracy. They sent out 880,000 emails; followed by 68,000 registered letter. I.e. they nailed almost 810,000 on the first shot. After the letter, only 165 people went to the third stage, and supposedly only a fraction of them have gone before a judge.
Mistakes can happen, but it is somewhat hard to believe that you could be utterly blindsided after receiving at least one certified warning.
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How do you know that the 880,000 weren't wrongly accused? Considering that one person was wrongly accused 3 times in a row that seems very likely. The 810,000 might have just improved the security of their wifi or something.
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
According to the Hadopi law, the prosecution has to prove to the judge that the accused is in fact infringing copyright before any penalties are meted out. I.e. the system does maintain a presumption of innocence.
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This is not what you said before:
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Or, if they can demonstrate that it's not their fault, they are not punished.
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