A thousand French internet users a day could be taken off-line following approval of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s pet project – an unprecedented law to cut the internet connections of people who repeatedly pirate music and movies.As the husband of supermodel-turned-pop star Carla Bruni and friend to some of France’s most powerful media figures, Sarkozy has long basked in his cosy ties with the entertainment industry, which has embraced the measure.To read this AP report in full, see:
www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10573938
www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2432501/
www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2009-05-21-french-internet-piracy_N.htm
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/new-french-law-on-internet-piracy-meets-skepticism-20090522-bhc5.html
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