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eBay was fined $30,000 for selling counterfeit goods on its website.
From AFP:
Online auction giant eBay was convicted by a French court Wednesday of selling counterfeit goods and ordered to pay 20,000 euros (30,000 dollars) in damages to French luxury group Hermes.
The court ruling, which marks a first in France, found eBay directly responsible for the [...]

France has just announced a new policy of cutting of Internet access for users who do not stop downloading pirated movies and music off of the Internet.
From the BBC:

French web users caught pirating movies or music could soon be thrown offline.
Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks [...]