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Originally Posted by HansTWN
What I read was that it was indeed downloads. Failed to pass it on the first try because only one third of legislators were present and the remaining ones voted it down. Then a few weeks later it was passed. Haven't heard any new development since.
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After it passed the french courts ruled it unconstitutional and overthrew it. This was back in mid-June. Last I heard the French president was trying to get another version of it passed again, but I haven't heard that it happened. I've seen sites that said it was for downloading, but like I said, news sites often use the term "downloading" indiscriminately when talking about filesharing. Most of the time, what they technically mean is "uploading". I'd like to see what the law itself said, but my french probably isn't good enough to understand it without a translation.