Prevost wrote to Hadopi telling it to contact his wife about the downloads.

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In his court testimony, Prevost, described as a local artisan by French media, said he was "incapable of downloading anything".

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But Transport and General Workers' Union shop steward Clint Le Prevost said it was still unclear what would happen at the airport.

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First, Prevost terminated his web account after he received the first two warnings from the French agency, known as Hadopi, that seeks out pirates in France.

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Prevost told PC Inpact that he went to court without a lawyer to represent him, believing that his honesty and co-operation would count in his favour.

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Prevost, of Belfort, in eastern France, was convicted because he admitted in court that the Rihanna songs had been downloaded by his wife via the ISP account he paid for.

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For unwittingly ignoring Hadopi's messages, Prevost received a summons to visit his local police station where he wrote a statement repeating his claim that he did not download the songs.

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Then there are David Harrold and Bruce Prevost, who set up Palm Beach Finance Partners in 2002 and marketed it as a hedge fund to provide financing of brand-name products to retailers.

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The allegation was based on the words of an investigating judge, Isabelle Prevost-Desprez, who quoted Mrs Bettencourt's former nurse, speaking off the record to the judge's stenographer at an interrogation last year.

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Then there are David Harrold and Bruce Prevost, who set up Palm Beach Finance Partners in 2002 and marketed it as a hedge fund to provide financing of brand-name products to investment-grade retailers.

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