French Internet piracy law defeated in parliament

I'm French and I really don't think this law will ever pass. Not how it's currently written.<p>In France, we have something called the "conseil constitutionnel" which checks that every law voted by the parliament is in accordance with our constitution. This law violates a <i>lot</i> of basic rights. For example, the "presomption d'innoncence" guaranties that people can't be arrested without proofs, and that they don't have to prove that they're not guilty; the government has to prove that they are.

"It's a balanced bill for a legal and civilised Internet," said Culture Minister Christine Albanel.<p>That's another way of saying: kill the Internet.

The law will be reexaminated as soon as the government can afford it, and , given the domination they have amongst the parliament, the law will probably be voted this time.<p>This is still a nice thing. It's letting some time to the people who are against this law to organize themselves and inform people about the obvious constitutional violations of this law.

Le jour de gloire est arrivé !