France: 60 Internet users at risk of "Third Strike"

France: 60 Internet users at risk of "Third Strike"

The newly created French authorities to combat copyright infringement on the Net (Hadopi) has sent a first balance sheet suggest that since its founding 650 000 Internet users suspected of a first warning. Approximately 44,000 users, which the repeated infringement of copyright is attributed to have received a second warning. Now go there for some persistent users in the third phase, authorities said Chef Marie-Françoise Marais, to present the first progress report of the Hadopi. In French media is concerned, of 60 internet users to make speech.

The Authority was established by a controversial law in early 2010 and began in October of that year, to send the first warning. Hadopi to help in the fight against copyright infringement on the net with a "three strikes" process. Owners report suspected IP addresses to the authority that establishes the bearer connection associated with the providers. 22 million notes will be made in the past few months at the authority. After two warnings threatens the users in the third case of recurrence a penalty of 1500 € or the blocking of Internet access for a month. The 60 French, who now have to worry about the third "strike" will now get first visit by an employee of the Authority.