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Same reason as Germany: a large copyright lobby.

• baby 8y ago
  it's really not as bad as Germany though.
  • petre 8y ago
    In Germany they still go after you if you get caught downloading torrents. The French had a three strike rule but I think they've done away with it and went after pirated content providers instead. Which is why we probably have article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive now.
    • gloflo 8y ago
      s/downloading/uploading