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France has led the way in pushing forward with stringent laws intended to end online piracy, with Hadopi — a graduated-response policy championed by former president Nicolas Sarkozy — at its center.

Now, however, the man in charge of reviewing the law says he disagrees with one of its central propositions.

Pierre Lescure, the former head of TV network Canal+, was given the task of examining the Hadopi legislation…

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French anti-piracy chief: ‘punishment is not enough’ France has led the way in pushing forward with stringent laws intended to end online piracy, with Hadopi — a graduated-response policy championed by former president Nicolas Sarkozy — at its center. Now, however, the man in charge of reviewing the law says he disagrees with one of its central propositions.