You may remember a man by the name Nicolas Sarkozy. He is the French President whom has been extremely vocal in his support for a “3-Strikes” law in France. The first time he was first seen pushing the law, he was found to have violated the very laws he lobbied for by using a song created by MGMT at a political rally. The only problem was of course MGMT didn’t grant him permission to associate their works with his agenda. The end result — a...

In what is pleasent surprise and minor victory for consumers and internet afficienados everywhere, France’s National Assembly said a big *expletive* you and shotdown the proposed 3-Strikes law that would cut off internet access to alleged file sharers after 3 claimed violations.  Thankfully, the National Assembly has more brains than the morons in the senate that passed this terrible excuse for a law. The reason they declined to pass it?  A simple clause that...