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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: French Internet piracy law defeated in parliament Reuters - Friday, April 10 By Emile Picy ADVERTISEMENT PARIS - France's parliament rejected a bill on Thursday that proposed disconnecting Internet users if they download music or films illegally, with the ruling UMP party failing to turn out in force to approve the law. Backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government, the legislation was meant to quell the flow of free songs and films on the Internet that has hurt the revenues of artists and production companies. However, opposition politicians managed to defeat it at a final vote in the National Assembly on Thursday when only a small number of UMP lawmakers turned up for the session, handing the center-right government an embarrassing defeat. Sarkozy said he was determined to see the law passed and accused the opposition of parliamentary maneuvering. "Nicolas Sarkozy does not intend to give up on it, whatever the derisory maneuvers that only serve to harm creative diversity," his office said in a statement. Socialist parliamentarians broke out in applause after the vote went their way. The government said it plans to re-submit the bill later in April. " will only be delayed by a few weeks," said Roger Karoutchi, the minister in charge of relations with parliament. UMP party discipline has been severely tested this year, from a controversy over France's return to the military command structure of NATO, to a bill to ease restrictions on Sunday business hours -- which was postponed indefinitely. The Internet bill, which is heavily supported by the music industry, would give users caught illegally downloading files two warnings and then, after a third violation, have them disconnected from the Internet for up to a year. Socialist parliamentarian Patrick Bloche called the bill "dangerous, useless, inefficient, and very risky for us citizens." Others urged the government not to re-submit it. Under pressure from a struggling music industry, governments have long been trying to crack down on online file-swapping. "The proposed law is an effective and proportionate way of tackling online copyright infringement and migrating users to the wide variety of legal music services in France," said John Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of IFPI, a music industry group. Some consumer groups have said that the proposed law could hit the wrong people, and that honest users risked being unfairly punished and forced to prove their innocence if hackers hijacked their computers' identity. Others worried it would pit artists against their audience. The music industry has been lobbying for similar laws to be introduced around the world. In January, Irish Internet provider Eircom agreed to disconnect users who download music illegally in a settlement with four major record companies. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Internet Portals & Search Engines Skype founders 'looking to buy back company'AFP - 1 hour 36 minutes ago US-TECH SummaryReuters - Saturday, April 11 Microsoft, Yahoo! in search, ad talks: AllThingsDAFP - Saturday, April 11 Charities battle world's woes with technologyAFP - Friday, April 10 Related Articles: Technology Skype founders 'looking to buy back company'AFP - 1 hour 36 minutes ago US-TECH SummaryReuters - Saturday, April 11 HP appeals patent dispute ruling, takes 2Q chargeAFP - Saturday, April 11 Microsoft, Yahoo! in search, ad talks: AllThingsDAFP - Saturday, April 11 Uproar over 'news story' ad on front page of LA TimesAFP - Saturday, April 11 Enlarge Photo A general view of the National Assembly in Paris, February 27, 2009. REUTERS/Charles Platiau Related Full Coverage Internet Portals & Search Engines Latest development in the online world All Full Coverage Most Popular – Technology Viewed UN sounds warning after Antarctica ice shelf rips French commandos storm yacht Harry Potter actor arrested over cannabis find US navy bears down on Somali pirates Selective abortion causes 32mln excess China males View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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