Basing its statement on the commitment for freedom of expression, customer choice and French legal system (you are by default innocent till the justice proves you are guilty), the French Constitutional Council censored the anti-piracy bill (aka Hadopi) drafted and voted last month by both French lawmakers' chambers. The Council censored the chapter of the law related to penalties to be applied on internet users caught in suing P2P network for illegal purposes. It was planned that internet connection would be cut after 2 warnings without any legal investigation, while targeted user will have to keep paying the ISP bill. This was the part of the law that made most French customers associations and internet users group actively fighting the project. By taking this decision, the French Constitutional Council decided to follow the position currently supported by the European lawmakers' chamber aiming to define internet access as part of the default rights related to freedom and expression and information for al
