Despite objections expressed by French data protection agency, CNIL to anti-copyright infringement proposals put forward by the country's film and music industries, the French government has pledged to move forward with tougher anti-piracy measures, overriding privacy concerns.

According to reports in the national media, CNIL has objected to plans by the film and music industries to employ automatic systems to detect peer-to-peer copyright infringment, and to force ISPs to translate IP addresses into e-mail addresses, in order to send warnings to copyright infringers.

The data protection body has reportedly argued that such measures are likely to cause great confusion, and represent a massive threat to the privacy of internet users.

However, speaking this week, France's Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres revealed that he would be looking at the country's current privacy and copyright rules, with a view to forging ahead despite CNIL's concerns.