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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
The 810,000 warnings cost money. Justice has not been done. Either they secured their networks or they switched to VPN, nothing has changed.
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Yes, I'm sure that everyone in France hacks a neighbor's wifi to download music files, and after receiving an email from the government they all changed their wifi passwords.
C'mon, man. There's little reason to doubt that most of them were pirating, and most of them got scared off.
As to how it works: Last June, Hadopi had sent out 400,000 emails, and 20,000 certified letters. Out of that, only 10 people went to the third stage.
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Originally Posted by BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14294517
About 10 people who appeared to ignore the two warnings were asked to come and explain their actions to the agency.
After the meeting, Hadopi will decide whether to pursue legal action.
It will then be up to a judge to rule if a user has broken the law.
"The judge may impose a fine of a maximum of 1,500 euros (£1,326) and also disconnect the user from the internet for a maximum of one month," said a Hadopi spokesperson.
"Alternatively, he may decide to fine the user without the disconnection penalty - or simply let the user go."
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Again, this is much more reasonable than potentially getting a five- or six-figure fine in civil court. The accused have several opportunities and lots of time to get it sorted out, and the fines are much more reasonable.
And if we were discussing "sending spam" rather than "downloading or uploading pirated content," at least some folks would change their minds about who is responsible. If your computer is sending out spam, and someone tells you that you're flooding the Internet with viagra ads, how is cleaning that up
not your responsibility?