Strike One: French Parliament Defeats Proposed Internet Piracy Law
France’s parliament has rejected a bill backed by the ruling UMP party and President Sarkozy’s government that would have shut down the Internet connections of French users found to be downloading music or movies in violation of copyright. The idea behind the legislation was to deter French Internet users from downloading music and films without paying for them; publishers, production companies, studios, and artists have all complained that illegal file sharing is severely impacting their bottom lines.
However, opposition politicians managed to put the bill down in a final vote in France’s National Assembly when only a relatively small number of UMP members were on-hand for the session. French president Sarkozy has accuse
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