While some countries are eager to implement a « three strikes » Internet piracy law, others are slowly backing away into the dugout. German lawmakers sat down privately with ISPs to talk about a proposed P2P policy that would take repeat filesharing offenders offline, but both sides have agreed that the policy’s methods would be at odds with the country’s privacy laws.
The three strikes concept, also known as « graduated response, » was first seriously entertained by France in 2007. […]
Germany, however, is moving in the other direction. […]
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