But its implementation will require some investment

The hunt for hackers who download illegal music or movies at a price. Rather high. According to a report of the General Council technologies information le le remis fin 2008 à le ministère de la Culture, que Les Echos released late 2008 at the Ministry of Culture, that "Les Echos" got, the Bill creation and Internet will cost more than 70 million euros over three years to service providers. In question, the famous "graduated response," which provides two warnings to offenders before suspension of Internet access for repeat offenders. This repressive device is at the heart of the Bill creation and Internet which will be debated in the National Assembly from March 10. But its implementation will require some investment.

The ITMC, a service of the Ministry of the economy report, details the addition which expects operators to apply the future act. The authors examined the technical feasibility of four solutions: the limitation of the flow Internet, limitation of the volume of download, the opening of the service at certain times, or the suspension of the subscription. According to specialists in Bercy, only the latter option would meet "technical constraints and the equality of the subscribers before the law". But its implementation will therefore represent a "minimum amount" of EUR 70 million "for the whole of the fixed operators in the period 2009-2012."

This sum including takes into account the cost of the suspension of the subscription of repeat offenders identified by the Hadopi, the future administrative authority responsible for enforcing the law. Indeed will need to adapt the network ADSL access providers to capture and then redirect traffic to sanctioned users. They will no longer have access to the Internet, but will continue to call and watch television via their "box" ADSL.

The cost of adaptation of the network be added as, recurrent, identification of offending users to send then a warning e-mail then a registered letter. According to the report, 10,000 identifications per day are planned. This operation will therefore cost according to the ITMC 1 to 2.85 million euros per operator.

180.000 suspensions per year

These calculations are based on 10,000 Internet addresses processed daily by the Hadopi. Of this total about 500 daily addresses should match "a Subscriber whose name appears for the third time and who will be a measure of suspension". Based on this assumption, the ITMC believes that the Hadopi should be led to deny Web 180.000 visitors each year! 1 Of the 17.2 million subscribers to Internet broadband in France. In addition, the ITMC considers that the addition to the access providers may be greater than EUR 70 million, "If in the meantime an operator decided to change its network architecture as seems to encourage the evolution of techniques".

However operators did not yet know if all or part of the investment related to the implementation of the Act will be reimbursed by the State. The Ministry of Culture is open to negotiation, once the voted text. A decree shall determine the terms of compensation for additional costs identifiable and specific insured benefits. But, if the State should pay the operators, the French taxpayers could move to be involved...