France looks set to increase funding and power for its controversial piracy-battling Hadopi agency.

Hadopi started life as a law to stamp out the illegal sharing of copyrighted stuff – primarily by sending warning emails to people caught pirating movies, games, and so on: after three strikes, your ISP is supposed to boot you offline.

But last year the authorities removed the controversial cut-off threat; now the state relies on fines to enforce copyright laws and fight online piracy.

[theregister.co.uk...]

Is this a sign of the future in other countries as well?