Britain will damage its economy if it does not follow France and clamp down on Internet piracy, the boss of entertainment and telecoms group Vivendi (VIV.PA) said on Tuesday.
Britain’s media and telecoms industries have been engaged in a heated debate for 18 months over whether Internet service providers should be obliged to disconnect customers who illegally download movies and songs — with little agreement.
France recently passed a “three strikes” law under which illegal downloaders receive two warnings. If ignored, a judge could then cut off their Internet access for up to a year.
Jean-Bernard Levy, the chief executive of France’s Vivendi, which is both a content maker and Internet service provider (ISP), said the French decision was the right move and that telecoms groups were missing the point.
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