JemyM
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French Court savages 3 strikes law - tosses it out
The background is a law that was supposed to disconnect people who do repeat copyright infringements. After three attempts the law came through, it just needed to pass the Constitutional Council, who made an epic smackdown upon it.
I just loved the quotes from the Constitutional Council. It's nice to see that there is a country in Europe who still remember it's most sacred values, when the rest of Europe seem to be more eager to abandoning them.
The background is a law that was supposed to disconnect people who do repeat copyright infringements. After three attempts the law came through, it just needed to pass the Constitutional Council, who made an epic smackdown upon it.
I just loved the quotes from the Constitutional Council. It's nice to see that there is a country in Europe who still remember it's most sacred values, when the rest of Europe seem to be more eager to abandoning them.
"Moreover, whereas under section nine of the Declaration of 1789, every man is presumed innocent until has has been proven guilty, it follows that in principle the legislature does not establish a presumption of guilt in criminal matters," wrote the Council. This basic principle applies "to any sanction in the nature of punishment, even if the legislature has left the decision to an authority that is nonjudicial in nature."
The court also made a strong statement about freedom of speech: "Freedom of expression and communication is so valuable that its exercise is a prerequisite for democracy and one of the guarantees of respect for other rights and freedoms and attacks on the exercise of this freedom must be necessary, appropriate and proportionate to the aim pursued."
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