France has struck down the portion of its "three strikes" piracy law that ordered Internet service providers to cut off the service of repeat offenders.

Rather than losing Internet access, those who illegally download copyrighted content will instead face fines that start at 60 Euros and increase if the behavior continues, according to The Guardian.

According to a translated statement, France's Minister of Culture and Communication said anti-piracy efforts will focus more on "commercial piracy" or sites that profit from copyrighted content than those who download it.

France's "three strikes" law dates back to 2009, and is known as Hadopi (High Authority for the Diffusion of Works and the Protection of Rights on the Internet). It provided two warnings to those found to be downloading copyrighted material, before service was cut off after the third alert.

No one actually had their Internet service cut off, however, until last month, according to TorrentFreak. The individual faced two weeks without the Web, as well as a 600 Euro fine.

That came shortly after a nine-member panel recommended scrapping the Internet disconnection part of Hadopi, TorrentFreak said.

In the U.S., ISPs started implementing the Copyright Alert System (CAS) back in February, which provides for warnings and service slowdowns, but does not cut off service.

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