Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement
It seems that every year, a high profile anti-piracy entity winds up being on the wrong end of a copyright violation – this year did not disappoint.
This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright debate. The CBC is reporting that French governing party as led by president Nicolas [...]
French Film Director Pushes Canadian Streaming Site Offline
Says that because the site had advertising, it is an illegal website.
In a report that has, thus far, remained almost exclusively a French story to date, a French film director has pressured Canadian website BeeMotion.fr into going offline. One report from 01net says that the website is illegal because it also contained advertising. [...]
French Government Wants to Tax the Internet
It seems that the French government wants to treat the internet like a broadcaster and tax it accordingly.
French media website 01net is reporting (Google translation) that the French government has passed a first reading on legislation that would put a tax on the internet. The news follows France doing everything in their power to [...]
French ISP Openly Refuses to Filter P2P – Defying Laws to Do So?
Boldly going where no ISP has gone before.
Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like some of the ones located in Britain have ended up being bullied into or willfully accepting content filtering of the internet. Other ISPs like ones located in Australia will openly disagree with content filtering. One ISP in France, called “Free”, [...]
French Minister Pushes for Mandatory ISP Level P2P Filtering Across Europe
If there is anything that file-sharing filtering programs haven’t proven, is 100% effectiveness. In spite of the lack of evidence, that isn’t stopping one minister from pushing for a European law that would force ISPs to implement such technology.
It may be the first time many in English speaking circles have even heard of the [...]
Another Warez Bust – Four Members of CaRNaGe Arrested
Things haven’t been going well lately for the scene in France. Four members of the French cam group were recently arrested over the release of a movie called Welcome to the Ch’tis.
Late last month, three members of French release group CiNEFOX were arrested. Now comes word that four members of cam release group [...]
French Court – File-Sharer’s IP Addresses Were Illegally Obtained, Conviction Overturned
A French Court of Appeals judge looked at the convictions of two file-sharers and canceled the rulings because the IP addresses were illegally obtained. The news very likely comes as a major blow to the French record labels and employed anti-piracy outfits.
France has been in the headlines for a while over the “Three Strike” [...]
French RIAA Announces Deadline to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet
The EFF points us to new disturbing demands by the French version of the RIAA known as SNEP (Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique). Among the demands are a deadline for laws to be put in place that would disconnecting file-sharers from the internet and the ability to serve as police, judge and jury against [...]
Reports – French Broadcaster Sues YouTube for 100 Million
Numerous reports are surfacing about new litigation against popular video sharing site YouTube. It appears that French broadcaster TF1 is suing the major video sharing site for 100 million euros.
The reports surfaced on Reuters and moved to other major outlets like The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
The initial reports say that TF1 is Frances largest [...]
More Anti-DRM Activity Bubbles, Protest Group Emerges In France
After a string of anti-DRM protests by activist organization Defective by Design, another group has staged a similar action in France. A forty-member group known as StopDRM recently paraded through the Latin Quarter of Paris, using banners and leaflets the confess to a crime. The offense? StopDRM pled guilty to playing iTunes-purchased tracks on a [...]
