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According to wikipedia, France only has 20 million homes with broadband. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...

And yet 18 Million file-sharers were tracked? Doesn't pass the smell test, sorry.

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Exactly my thought :) I suppose they probably tracked 18 millions separate "sharing activities", for instance 1.8 million people each sharing 10 different torrents.

edit: I just checked the linked article, and it's actually talking of 18 millions infractions from an undefined number of file sharers.

The story doesn't tell if all 18 million are French users. The tracking company Trident Media Guard could very well be operating globally. The ISPs reportedly only returned 900,000 identities which may be the French portion of the initial 18 million.

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