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Swedish and French police collaborate to shut down huge torrent site

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:19:52 +0200

Swedish and French police have reportedly arrested two people after working together to shut down France's most popular torrent site.

'France should promote file sharing, not punish it'

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:46:00 +0200

France has overturned the core of Hadopi, its controversial ‘three-strikes’ law on illegal downloading, after four years of criticism and legal wrangling. But where did it go wrong, and how well can France’s new fight against “commercial piracy” work? The Local asks two opposing experts.

French pirate fined over Rihanna songs

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:31:00 +0200

A French man Thursday became the first person to be convicted under a new law aimed at clamping down on film and music piracy when he was fined €150 ($193) for illegally downloading Rihanna songs.

Hackers bring down French anti-piracy site

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:48:00 +0100

Anonymous hackers attacked the website of the French anti-piracy organization Hadopi in retaliation to the closure of the file-sharing site Megaupload.com

'Come and copy our films' - French libraries

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:45:29 +0100

French librarians are calling on readers to copy borrowed books and DVDs to fight the clampdown on the illegal downloading. They say the French law allows people to copy works available in public libraries.

Somalis on trial in France for yacht hijacking

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:35:00 +0100

Six Somali men accused of taking a French couple hostage on their yacht went on trial in Paris on Tuesday in France's first prosecution of alleged Somali pirates.

French skipper killed after pirate attack

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:40:00 +0200

Pirates who attacked a yacht in the Gulf of Aden killed its French skipper before abandoning it, a source close to the family said on Sunday, the day after the dead man's wife was found unharmed.

Crew of French yacht missing off Yemen

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:13:00 +0200

A German warship has found a French catamaran adrift in pirate-infested waters in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen with no crew aboard. Their fate is unknown, France said on Friday.