Government Notice: "You have been banned from the Internet !"

Internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking industry agreement backed by French president Nicolas Sarkozy involving the ISPs, the French content industry representatives.

The proposed enforcement body (using tax payer money) would use information collected by internet service providers (ISPs) to detect illegal file-sharing and consequently terminate the Internet accounts of recurring offenders (a three-strikes-and-you-are-out policy).

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The insanity of France's anti-file-sharing plan: L'État, c'est IFPI

By Eric Bangeman | Published: November 25, 2007 - 11:06PM CT

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071125-the-insanity-and-genius-of-frances-anti-file-sharing-plan.html

France proposes to cut off persistent internet pirates

By Ben Hall in Paris

Published: November 23 2007 02:00 | Last updated: November 23 2007 02:00

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f7ada2c-9966-11dc-bb45-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1