France’s ‘three strikes’ Hadopi anti-piracy law could be replaced with 60 euro per time automated fines, if a recent government-commissioned report is to be acted on.

The law was built on the notion that punishing file-sharers and disconnecting them from the Internet would move them away from unauthorised sites and back to legitimate music and film stores.

However, a nine-member panel lead by former Canal Plus chairman Pierre Lescure, has recommended that the Hadopi agency should be abolished after achieving ...