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Article: French Web piracy crackdown advances Lower house approves plan to revoke Internet service after third offense
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Eric Pfanner International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
05-13-2009
French Web piracy crackdown advances Lower house approves plan to revoke Internet service after third offense
Byline: Eric Pfanner International Herald Tribune
Edition: 4
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
PARIS: --
The French National Assembly on Tuesday approved a plan by President Nicolas Sarkozy to punish digital pirates with the possible suspension of their Internet connections, a little more than a month after the same body had rejected the proposal in a surprise vote.
The assembly, the lower house of Parliament, voted 296 to 233 in favor of the bill, the furthest-reaching legislative initiative yet in the global ...