French copyfighter Jeremie Zimmermann sez,
Folks from La Quadrature du Net (big up to Peter K!) have translated the French HADOPI law [ed: the new French copyright law, rammed through by Sarko over howls of public protest], which includes the absurd « three strikes » scheme [ed: if you are accused of infringement three times, you lose your Internet access — no proof needed, no trial, no judge, no jury], bound to fail and utterly dangerous.
Curious archeo-legalists will enjoy its exotic stupidity, so impractical that everybody in France laughs at it with shame, including the members of Sarkozy’s locked-down majority party who didn’t dare to vote against it. […]