French Assembly Rejects Three Strikes Bill

An anonymous reader writes "The French Assembly has rejected the Three Strikes bill (in French!) which would allow ISPs to cut off users found to have been downloading protected content after two warnings. Summary: the Sarkozy administration can go back with a new draft for approval by both chambers or try to get upper house approval of a softer version without the cutoff passed by the lower house."

Hooray

[jaggeh]

Thats strike 1

Re:Hooray

[nicolas.kassis]

No no no, the French government does not obey by it's own rules. They get unlimited attempts.

Mon amore ...

[Zero__Kelvin]

"The French Assembly has rejected the Three Strikes bill (in French!)"

I hate being rejected in French. The woman is always trying to say something like "get away you impudent fool", but it always sounds like they are saying they are dying to make love to me, and cannot wait to get to a hotel room.

Re:in French!

[oodaloop]

"Those French, they have a different word for everything" - Steve Martin

Tres Bien

[Ukab the Great]

In keeping with French tradition, the disgruntled music industry executives must now start a riot in the suburbs.

Actually, she is asking you to go to a hotel

[SmallFurryCreature]

It is just that being french she has to talk dismissily to americans, it is in the EU constitution. Brits suck up, Italians rob you blind, we dutch sell you drugs and the french talk down to you. Oh and the germans start wars you arrive to late.

Sorry, but you have been missing out on a lot of free and high quality foreign babe sex.

Well Nevers' MP rejected it

[Nicolas MONNET]

Christian Paul [christianpaul.fr] represents the Nevers' district, and he was one of the major opponents :)

Re:!commonsenseprevails

[emocomputerjock]

So you're perfectly ok with being kicked off the Internet for being accused of theft, regardless of whether or not you actually committed the act? I'm perfectly ok with you being kicked off the Internet for supporting that idea.

In French???

[Anonymous Coward]

"The French Assembly has rejected the Three Strikes bill (in French!)"

Well, I guess we must be thankful they rejected it in French. Just think how awkward it would have been if they had rejected it in English, say, or Russian, or God forbid, Chinese.

Re:Oh my God, Ponies! Viva La France...

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Mon Dieu! petite chevals!

There, fixed that for you.

Re:in French!

[Shark]

Non

Re:LEARN FRENCH BEFORE TRYING TO CORRECT SOMEONE

[$RANDOMLUSER]

I surrender!

Re:Hooray

[PMuse]

Dear god, please make it stop before I have to learn French legislative procedure just to read /.

Re:Actually, she is asking you to go to a hotel

[damburger]

We do NOT suck up to Americans. Our politicians do. We get drunk and verbally abuse Americans.

Re:in French!

[Hognoxious]

Rejecting it in French is like wiping your ass with silk.

Since when?

[SteveFoerster]

Since when is anyone in France against strikes?

Re:Actually, she is asking you to go to a hotel

[Chris Burke]

Oh and the germans start wars you arrive to late.

Ah, that explains that classified ad that said "Woman seeks man for romance, invasion of Poland"