French Record Labels Identifying 25,000 Pirates p/ Day
French labels trade body director general David El Sayegh says the music industry has been been identifying and submitting the IP addresses to the govt of more than 25,000 suspected ...
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French ISP Vows to Appeal “Three-Strikes” Emails
Free founder Xavier Niel says "we will challenge this new decree" requiring that it send warning letters to customers accused of illegal file-sharing on behalf of the govt.
The ...
French Govt to Subsidize Digital Music Downloads
For the next two years the French govt will subsidize half - that's right half - the cost of a 50 euro ($70 USD) card to be used to download ...
French ISP Relents, Will Send “Three-Strikes” After All
Free bows to govt decree, and will begin sending out “three-strikes” email warnings to its customers on the govt's behalf sometime later today.
Last week I first mentioned how ...
French Govt to Fine ISP for Refusal to Send “Three-Strikes” Emails
Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterand has made good on his promise for a speedy amendment to France's Article L331-25 of the Code of Intellectual Property, the modification now requiring the ...
French Pres: Increased Net Regulation is “Moral Imperative”
Says it's important the country gains control of the Internet in order to "correct the excesses and abuses that arise from the total absence of rules."
French President ...
French ISP “Refusing” to Comply With “Three-Strikes?
ISP Free refuses to send emails to customers warning them of suspected infringement, pointing out the law only requires it to turn over their identities to the authorities which, in ...
French “Three-Strikes” Warnings Have Officially Begun
French ISPs Bouygues and Numericable earned the distinction of having been the first to send subscribers a letter warning them of suspected copyright infringing activity, and ...
French ISPs Identify File-Sharers, “Three-Strikes” Letters Imminent
Yesterday I mentioned how the French govt had already sent out more than 800 notices to ISPs requesting the identities of people suspected of illegally downloading copyrighted material.
Now, according ...
French Govt Begins Asking ISPs to Identify File-Sharers
High Authority has already sent out 800 requests to ISPs asking them to identify suspected file-sharers per the country's HADOPI "three-strikes" law, meaning that the first official warning letters - ...
French Surveillance Legislation LOPPSI 2 Debated in Senate
Is it right that police upload malware to users merely suspected of a crime without their consent, knowledge, or a court order? That might be what supporters of this ...
SOS-HADOPI Blasted By HADOPI and Says There’s Currently No Mandatory Spyware
HADOPI, France's three strikes law and organization that oversees the enforcement of this law, has taken quite a beating on the PR front. Now they seem to be trying ...
French ISPs and French Government Locking Horns Over HADOPI Costs
There's a major battle brewing between the French government and the French ISPs. A line is being drawn and it's about the money. While this was foreseeable thanks ...
Scam Artists Use HADOPI to Steal Users Money
News has surfaced that warning letters, allegedly from HADOPI, are being sent to an untold number of French citizens who are accused of copyright infringement. The problem? Neither ...
HADOPI – Three Strikes Letters ‘Imminent’
After all the problems with the famed French three strikes, Security General for HADOPI, Eric Walter, has publicly commented that the letters are coming out imminently.
It was during an online ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Renaud Veeckman – The Man Who Trademarked HADOPI
Earlier this month, we noted a development where a French citizen managed to trademark HADOPI faster than the government. Now, we have the great opportunity to interview ...
French National Assembly Liable for Gross Negligence in HADOPI?
Normally, we wouldn't make fun of a website for being insecure, but we can make an exception in this case. It turns out, the website for the French National ...
How Much Could an American Three Strikes Law Cost?
Not too long ago, we reported that, if government comments and documents are correct, HADOPI could cost around $64 Million USD. Ever since I published that, I ...
French Government Hands Out HADOPI Pamphlets to Motorists
It's very difficult to say HADOPI is a sound solution to copyright infringement, but it's also even more difficult to argue that it will somehow magically be enforceable. In ...
French Court: ISPs Must Block Unlicensed Gambling Sites
Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris orders ISPs to block unlicensed online gambling websites or face a daily fine of €10,000 ($12,820 USD) per day, but ruling could pave the ...
