The French Government, French ISP’s and the local music and film industry have signed an agreement that will see French users who download material from P2P networks losing their internet access.
According to the NY Times, French internet users will face a three strikes and you’re out policy for illegally downloading files from the Internet . The good news though is they will receive a warning for each illegal download before losing their service on the third infringement.
An independent authority supervised by a judge will manage the scheme and decide if and when users should lose their internet access.
Not surprisingly the recording and music industry loves the move, with the head of the IFPI (the international recording industry body) John Kennedy telling the Times that “this is the single most important initiative to help win the war on online piracy that we have seen so far..President Sarkozy has shown leadership and vision. He has recognized the importance that the creative industries play in contemporary western economies.”
According to the NY Times, French internet users will face a three strikes and you’re out policy for illegally downloading files from the Internet . The good news though is they will receive a warning for each illegal download before losing their service on the third infringement.
An independent authority supervised by a judge will manage the scheme and decide if and when users should lose their internet access.
Not surprisingly the recording and music industry loves the move, with the head of the IFPI (the international recording industry body) John Kennedy telling the Times that “this is the single most important initiative to help win the war on online piracy that we have seen so far..President Sarkozy has shown leadership and vision. He has recognized the importance that the creative industries play in contemporary western economies.”
With this move then the question I would like to pose is if whether governments from around the world should follow suit as a measure to save the interests of the many artists they represent as their constituents. Clearly artists suffer huge blows as the result of the unethics that go with the failure to protect their intellectual property. I do realise that such a move is, to a certain extent, a downer to the adventures of new media dynamics and the adventures that go with it but it surely is unfair to just rip people off of their hard work.
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