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French lawmakers reconsider Internet piracy bill

sfgate.com
Apr. 29, 2009
French legislators reconsidered a bill Wednesday that would punish people who illegally download music and films by cutting off their Internet connections. The bill was rejected in a surprise move earlier this month. Record labels and film companies had...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch