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France parliament gives final approval to controversial Internet piracy law

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The French parliament gave final approval Tuesday to a new version of a controversial Internet piracy law that would suspend users' Internet access after the third violation. The bill was approved by a joint legislative committee of the National Assembly and the Senate by a vote of 258-131. The new version, drafted after portions of it were rejected in June by the Constitutional Council, leaves discretion to suspend a user's Internet services to a judge instead of an administrative auth read more

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