In January 2010, the French authorities put in place what they believed would be the solution to the problematic issue of unauthorized online file-sharing.
Their so-called “three strikes” or “graduated response” scheme would see Internet account holders receive an official warning should their IP addresses be linked to uploads of infringing material on file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent.
Hadopi, the agency tasked with administering the system, started sending out the initial warnings in October 2010 and has periodically...
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