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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Room full of pirates
What's with downloading and sharing files? Why do people still defend pirates? In fact, what is copyright? And, prison for software developers?
These questions, and others, will be tackled FACIL's meeting ...
French Council: Individuals Can’t Bypass DRM
The French Constitutional Council has raised concerns and removed some key measures from the long awaited copyright bill, which was adopted by France’s two houses of Parliament June 30.
The Council, ...
France’s copyright overhaul under pressure
France's Constitutional Court has ruled that certain sections of the country's controversial new copyright law are unconstitutional.
The principle effect of the court's 12-page legal review is to ensure that Apple ...
DADVSI / Apple Law update : French Constitutional Court Decision strengthen the Law against the Publ
The French Constitutional Court just released its decision about the DADVSI. The objective of this law was to transpose the 2001/29/CE Directive to protect Digital Rights Management in the same ...
French researchers find OpenOffice more vulnerable than Office
Computer security experts at France's Department of Defense have concluded that OpenOffice is more vulnerable to security problems than its closed-source counterpart, Microsoft Office, according to a report at ZDNet ...
France to offer low-cost PCs to families
Low-income French families will be equipped with a computer and an Internet connection for 1 euro ($1.27) a day under a new government proposal.
Families who sign up will receive a ...
French Pirate Party launch
France has become the newest member of the world's fastest-growing political party.
Le Parti Pirate has joined the copyright reform Piratpartiet whose Swedish founders and members say they're, "tired of being ...
French lawmakers approve ‘iTunes law’
French lawmakers gave final approval Friday to legislation that could force Apple Computer Inc. to make its iPod and iTunes Music Store compatible with rivals' music players and online services.
Both ...
Virgin France cops €600k piracy fine
Virgin France has been slapped with a €600,000 fine for illegally downloading Madonna's Hung Up for resale on its site - in the process ignoring an "exclusive deal reached by ...
French Google Earth rival crashes and burns
A French alternative to Google Earth - offering hi-res coverage of the entire country - went into meltdown last Friday shortly after its launch and is still unavailable due to ...
France Softens iTunes Law, but Apple Is Still Disgruntled
Leading French lawmakers voted Thursday to water down a draft copyright law that could force Apple Computer to make its iPod music player and iTunes online store compatible with rivals' ...
France rolls over on iTunes DRM-busting law
France has given the thumbs-up to the defanged version of a controversial law that would have forced Apple Computer to open up its iTunes digital rights management to players other ...
Apple hopes for toned-down French download law
Apple Computer Inc. said on Friday it was awaiting final approval of a French bill aimed at opening online media stores to rivals, which it hoped would leave the market ...
France launches ‘Geoportal’ rival to Google Earth
France has unveiled a new website offering high-resolution aerial imagery of its entire territory, in a bid to mirror the planetary success of the US pioneer in the field, Google ...
Politicians smell votes in Sweden’s file-sharing debate
The Jolly Roger-waving, pro-piracy demonstrators are no longer in the streets here, but the police raid in late May on the popular file- sharing Web site, The Pirate Bay, is ...
