The French government resurrected its “Création et Internet” three-strikes bill today after suffering a stunning defeat some weeks back, and it doesn’t mean to make the same procedural mistakes twice. The bill must go through another round of parliamentary debate, but it looks set to pass sometime in May. In the meantime, however, the European Parliament plans to pass a major telecom overhaul that just might make the French approach to online copyright infringement illegal. And, as if the pure political situation weren’t crazy enough, the grassroots groups opposing the graduated response law plan to stage May Day marches in protest.
“Création et Internet” has been talked about for years, and was supposed to pass last month. Taking passage for granted, most deputies left the lower chamber during the vote. At the last moment, though, 15 Socialists swarmed in from the hallway, voted against the bill, and defeated it 21-15—a shockingly small number of votes for such a crucial piece of legislation.
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