http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/04/09/french-parliament-rejects-%2526quot%3Bthree-strikes%2526quot%3B-p2p-legislation
Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 9, 2009 - 8:20am.
Paris - The French Parliament has surprisingly voted against the "three-strikes" law that would see repeat file-swappers lose their Internet connections, after both the National Assembly and Senate approved differing versions of the bill, according to published reports. Apparently, the ruling UMP party was overconfident that it had enough votes to pass the legislation, but not enough members showed up for the vote, and Socialist parliamentarians showed up in force at the last minute to defeat the bill, by a vote of 21-15.
"It's an immense joy," Socialist legislator Patrick Bloche told the Associated Press.
French Culture Minister Christine Albanel plans to reintroduce the bill later this month, Ars Technica reported.
"It is disappointing that the law was not confirmed today, but we understand that the French Government will be resubmitting the law very shortly," John Kennedy, head of international record label trade group IFPI, told Ars Technica.
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