03.04.2015 Flugverbot für File-Sharer dank PNR?

French filesharers to be banned from flying?

A proposed European Directive threatens the ability of French filesharers to use airlines. The problem is a new attempt to adopt a Directive on the collection and storage of “passenger name record” (PNR) data.

A “serious crime” is defined as punishable by imprisonment for a “maximum period of at least three years”. In France, filesharing (like manslaughter and death threats) can be punished by a period of up to three years in prison, and so falls under the Directive’s definition of “serious crime”.

The PNR data (plus its comparison with any other relevant databases) will be used to carry out “ an assessment of the passengers prior to their scheduled arrival or departure from the Member State in order to identify any persons who may be involved in a terrorist offence or serious transnational crime and who require further examination by the competent authorities”. Obviously, if you have been identified as a possible perpetrator of the serious transnational crime of filesharing and need to be further examined by the “competent authorities”, the chances of getting to your plane on time are somewhat limited.

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