French Council Limits Internet Piracy Plan

The highest constitutional body in France defanged the government's plan to cut off the Internet connections of digital pirates, saying the authorities had no right to do so without obtaining court approval. The decision, by the Constitutional Council, which reviews legislation approved by Parliament before it goes into effect, is a major setback for the music and movie industries, which had praised the French law as a model solution to the problem of illegal file-sharing.

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