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Other News: Restrictions on illegal downloaders scrapped

The Constitutional Council of France (CCF), the highest legal authority in the country, has blocked a highly controversial law that would have restricted internet access for persistent illegal downloaders.

The so-called Hadopi law was passed by the French National Assembly on 12th May by 296 to 233. The legislation would have meant that individuals involved in online copyright infringement could be banned from using the internet for up to a year after a third offence.

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