France's Constitutional Council has finally given the green light to the government's plans to cut off internet access to repeat illegal download offenders, widely viewed by both supporters and opponents as the most draconian legislation yet devised in the battle against copyright piracy.
Internet freedom advocates however warned that the judgement did not signal their defeat, but instead the start of a new "resistance" to the legislation.
The council on Thursday approved the so-c...
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