HADOPI 2 could be voted today in France...

The so-called HADOPI 2 bill may be voted today by France’s representatives, at the Assemblée Nationale.

HADOPI 1 had been censored in June 2009 by France ‘s Constitutional Court, because the HADOPI, “Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Œuvres et la Protection des droits sur Internet,” the “High Authority for the diffusion of works and protection of copyright on the Internet" had been given the right to shut down Internet access, if after two warning, the Internet user persisted in using his Internet access to download protected materials.

Undaunted, the French government presented almost immediately a new bill, which would give only to a judge the power to order Internet access be shut down.

But there are many more flaws in the HADOPI 2 bill… Some representatives have pointed out that it is difficult, if not impossible to secure one’s Internet connection. Should a cyber-pirate use an innocent user’s Internet connection to download protected works, the user would be punished, as the bill targets the holder of the Internet account, who may or may not be the one downloading. And we are not even talking about the chaos the implementation of this law could create on happy families…

- Who downloaded last night “How to cut down a cherry tree”?
- It’s me Daddy…