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A funeral wreath for the Hadopi legislation (Photo: La Quadrature du Net)

Sarkozy tries to rescue internet law after court decision

Paris intends to move ahead with sections of its ‘three strikes' law, stripping out its most controversial aspects following a ruling from France's Constitutional Court that the bill contravenes the holiest of French documents, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789.

Those aspects of the bill not struck down by the court "will be promulgated in the coming days", Agence France Presse is reporting, citing an unnamed government official.

The government's aim is to g...

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A funeral wreath for the Hadopi legislation (Photo: La Quadrature du Net)

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