French Impose New Copyright Law

Another blow in the battle for a free Internet has been dealt -- this time by the Sarkozy and the French government. The BBC reports that the government plans to shut down internet connections and IP addresses of music and movie pirates all over France in an attempt to quell what it sees as a growing tide of piracy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7706014.stm. At least they are not suing children and single mothers, but cutting off people's internet is an infringement on their digital rights. This is not going to go over well. Trust me. Just look at this other BBC article on the same webpage about "innocent" -- that is non-piraters -- being caught in a similar crack down by gaming companies. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7697898.stm