France’s “three strikes” illegal downloading law passed the French Senate earlier this week. The contentious law will give downloaders of copyrighted works two warnings before cutting off their Internet service for a year.
The law sets up a special government anti-piracy agency who will police the net with Web Sheriffs, dubbed Internauts. Though the new law still faces a court battle and may rub against current European legislation, the government plans to have the agency up and running by next year.
