Net pirate monitoring firm hacked

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A firm employed by the French government to track down net pirates has been hacked.

Trident Media Guard is believed to have exposed a range of data, including advice on how to avoid detection.

TMG monitors peer-to-peer networks as part of France's efforts to find those guilty of copyright infringements.

Eric Walter, head of the French anti-piracy unit, confirmed on Twitter that it had "temporarily suspended" links with TMG.

France's so-called HADOPI law has caused controversy since it was introduced in 2009.

Suspected illegal file-sharers receive three official warnings, after which they are reported to a judge who can hand out a range of punishments, including disconnecting them from the internet.

The UK is due to introduce similar legislation, although at this stage it has no plans to punish offenders with disconnection.

BBC News - Net pirate monitoring firm hacked

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a range of punishments, including disconnecting them from the internet.

The UK is due to introduce similar legislation, although at this stage it has no plans to punish offenders with disconnection.

BBC News - Net pirate monitoring firm hacked

ok, french, bastards, but disconnection from internet HUMAN RIGHTS

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This is all down to the ~~~~ing Yankee swine.
They want to push the DCMA globally and are doing it vie trade agreement muscle.
This is the primary reason we got hit with the "Digital Economy" act.
Even Sweden whos copyright laws where sane are starting to buckle into this American ass backwards way of thinking.