Re: UK Government plans on filesharing: not as bad as assumed

Matthew Toseland <toad-EI5O+8PHWbJeeLb3ft/[email protected]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:14:22 +0000
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On Thursday 29 January 2009 16:07, Matthew Toseland wrote:
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> So what this means is that the government has no intention of forcing ISP=
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> block peer to peer software, and the intention is to warn offenders, sue =
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> most serious offenders, and presumably have disconnection, filtering of t=
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> offender's connection, or similar sanctions as a middle road, subject to=
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> appeals and requiring evidence. This is probably the most we could have=20
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> for; under French law, developing peer to peer software is illegal as wel=
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> there being arbitrary disconnections, apparently without evidence or appe=
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> (but I have not investigated this in detail).

Warning: I Am Not A Lawyer! And certainly not a French one! Look up DADVSI=
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yourself if you live in France ... and there is a new law, Hadopi? I only=20
have rumours about this one really, please post details if you have them.

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