The Council of State Considers that the French Response System Graduated From Online Piracy Is "Not in Conformity with European Law"
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According to the highest French administrative court, which ruled on Thursday 30 April, the current model used by the Arcom is not sufficiently partitioned and is likely to "injure the right to privacy."
The graduated answer "does not comply" with European legislation because it "does not require that the data used by the Arcom be kept in a compartmentalised manner by internet operators", the institution considers.
The Council of State declared illegal, on 30 April 2026, the toughest phase of the anti-piracy system Arcom, heir to Hadopi. The decision applies immediately and decapitates the system after 17 years of hunting downloaders on peer-to-peer networks. La Quadrature du Net, which has been piloting the dispute since 2019, published a report entitled "Hadopi (2009-2026)". Specifically, two flaws have been identified. The court found that the 2010 decr…
Since 2010, France has been punishing small copyright violations via file sharing. However, the necessary data collection provides too much insight into privates.
The graduated response device used by the French digital regulator, the Arcom, to combat online piracy of works derogating from European law, decided on Thursday the Council of State, which had been known to...
The Council of State has dealt a major blow to the Hadopi system by cancelling several of its legal bases. A decision that weakens the graduated response and could severely limit the sanctions against Internet users. The Hadopi system has just suffered a major setback. In a decision issued on 30 April, the Council of State took action [...] Article Piracy: the Hadopi model almost buried by the Council of State, the Arcom prepares the follow-up a…
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