In France, not a single file sharing fan has been punished yet.

I remember that France was one of the first countries to raise the issue of punishing "pirates", i.e. file sharing lovers. In this country, among the few, a law was also passed, called the “Law on Three Warnings”, according to which, after the third warning issued by the “pirate”, the latter is disconnected from the Network and initiates proceedings.

This law was repeatedly cursed, both by representatives of the network community and traditional media. But the French were adamant, and passed a law that no one is going to repeal. Several months have passed since then (about nine), and what do we have?
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It is possible that some of the fans of free movies, music and games stopped their “criminal activity” after the adoption of the law. But, I think, after today's report from HADOPI, the body that is responsible for the implementation of this law, all the “criminals” will again start to be old. The fact is that during these nine months, not a single case has been initiated against illegal file sharing.

Yes, hundreds of thousands of warnings were sent out (470 thousand), in addition, repeated warnings were sent to repeat offenders (about 21 thousand). But no one is going to disconnect, and, moreover, no one has yet been fined. True, now the courts have begun to consider cases of 10 particularly harmful "pirates" who have not refused to be able to pull off something interesting from the Network, and for free, but this is only a consideration so far.

Let me remind you that if someone is still convicted, this offender receives a half thousand euro fine and a six-month weaning from the Network. But in the coming months it is unlikely that such a nuisance will happen to someone in France.

Via computerworld