The unnamed web user, convicted under France’s “three strikes” rule in which warnings are sent by email and registered post, was also fined 600 euros.Īnd while the offender is cut off from the “public” web, his Internet Service Provider (ISP) is obliged to make sure access to essential online services, including private messaging such as email, remain accessible.Īccording to PCInpact, it is unclear whether ISPs are even technically able to impose such restrictions on their customers. The sentence, passed at the end of May, was revealed by website PCInpact this week and confirmed Friday by the government department responsible for administering the 2010 law, better known by its French acronym Hadopi.

Rate the app and send us your feedback - we will use it to improve our service.For the first time in France, a court has banned an Internet user from going online – for 15 days – for illegally downloading copyrighted material.

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