Sarkozy has made these statements at the presentation of a National Digital Council. "If we had learned to dialogue better we could have found a better system," he said. Le Figaro frames Sarkozy's words a year after the presidential elections as an attempt to reconcile with the group of Internet users who have repeatedly expressed their rejection of the aforementioned law that allows blocking the Internet connection of an Internet user who, after receiving three notices, persists in downloading protected works. The council includes, for example, the founder of Free, an Internet service provider who refused to send the first notice provided for by law by e-mail.
Internet users consider Hadopi to be an intrusion into privacy and useless because it focuses on tracking P2P networks which has led to an emigration to streaming services (no download). On the other hand, the administration has not fulfilled its commitment to provide a list of advisable tools for blocking computers that prevent their inadvertent use by third parties. This aspect is important because the law also provides for penalties for those who have negligently allowed another Internet user to download their machine. Since the tracking identifies the computer but not the person who performs the downloads, with this measure the law aims to prevent the owner of the computer from claiming that he has not been the author of the downloads.
Source: El País
