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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Maybe not yet in the US (yet being the operative word), but in France, for example, they just passed a new law: three illegal downloads and your internet connection will be cut.
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Are you sure the law says "downloads", or does it say something about three counts of copyright infringement. Many news/blog sites use the term "download" all the time, when what they really are talking about is uploading. For instance, you can find articles all over the internet talking about the RIAA suing illegal downloaders, when the reality is that nobody has ever been sued by the RIAA for downloading. It's always uploading. I'd be curious what the law really said, versus what some news/blog story claimed it said.
By the way, last I saw the law was ruled as unconstitutional in France about a month ago and overturned. Has it been passed again?