International Law

European Legal e-Access conference in Paris

Posted on December 07, 2008
On Thursday I will be at the European Legal e-Access conference in Paris which is coordinated by the French Government (under France?s EU presidency). I will be talking at a round table about "how to promote and improve access to a European legal literature"...

GikIII at the Oxford Internet Institute

Posted on September 22, 2008
On Wednesday and Thursday, I will be at the third edition of GikII held at the Oxford Internet Institute and where I will be presenting a paper about the French "Law and Creation" bill under which repeat copyright offenders could face being disconnected from the internet.

European Legal e-Access conference in Paris (call for papers)

Posted on September 02, 2008
Paris conference on "European Legal e-Access" (December 10-12)- Call for papers: submission deadline 5 September 2008- The conference will provide free accommodation to overseas speakers and may contribute to travel expenses

SCRIPTed August Edition

Posted on September 02, 2008
The Editorial Board of SCRIPTed - A Journal of Law, Technology & Society is pleased to present its 18th issue, which addresses issues ranging from challenges in medical research governance in Korea, to pharmaceutical litigation (an assessment of the Novartis case in India), to data-protection of administrative records, to privacy in the age of sophisticated location-based technologies, to governance of the mobile communication sector in Korea and US, to a follow-up on our very popular Pistorius and the Olympics article, and more.

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Blawg Review #165

Posted on June 23, 2008
I am delighted to host this week?s Blawg Review. Bienvenue sur French-law.net! About Blawg Review: Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law. A peer-reviewed blog carnival, the host of each Blawg Review decides which of the submissions and recommended posts are suitable for inclusion in the presentation.

French Culture Minister to present ?graduated response? bill on 11th June

Posted on May 23, 2008
Christine Albanel, the French Culture Minister (picture), has announced she will present her controversial ?graduated response? bill to the French cabinet on 11th June. The bill (often referred to as the ?three strikes and you?re out? bill in countries where baseball rules) would require Internet Service Providers to disconnect subscribers involved in multiple instances of illegal file-sharing...

French Culture Minister to present ?graduated response? bill on 11th June

Posted on May 22, 2008
Christine Albanel, the French Culture Minister (picture), has announced she will present her controversial ?graduated response? bill to the French cabinet on 11th June. The bill (often referred to as the ?three strikes and you?re out? bill in countries where baseball rules) would require Internet Service Providers to disconnect subscribers involved in multiple instances of illegal file-sharing...

French Culture Minister to present ???graduated response??? bill on 11th June

Posted on May 22, 2008
Christine Albanel, the French Culture Minister (picture), has announced she will present her controversial ???graduated response??? bill to the French cabinet on 11th June. The bill (often referred to as the ???three strikes and you???re out??? bill in countries where baseball rules) would require Internet Service Providers to disconnect subscribers involved in multiple instances of illegal file-sharing...

ASIC : the trade association for web 2.0 companies in France (Association des services internet communautaires)

Posted on May 21, 2008
The ASIC is the trade association for companies whose activities and services depend on and promote participation from internet users. These companies which foster participation from internet communities are generally referred to as Web 2.0 companies or, less frequently, User-Generated Content services...

New York Metz

Posted on May 14, 2008
After a wonderful time in New York I look forward to being in Metz tomorrow for the conference "La propriété intellectuelle face au défi de la mondialisation" at the University Paul Verlaine where I will be presenting a paper on copyright exceptions in France and the UK.

French government to introduce ?graduated response? bill despite European vote

Posted on May 09, 2008
The French Government has vowed to press on with its plan to introduce anti-piracy legislation that would require ISPs to disconnect subscribers involved in multiple instances of illegal file-sharing. The statement made by the French Government came in response to the adoption by the European Parliament of a non-binding resolution condemning such disconnections as disproportionate and contrary to human rights...

French government to introduce ???graduated response??? bill despite European vote

Posted on May 09, 2008
The French Government has vowed to press on with its plan to introduce anti-piracy legislation that would require ISPs to disconnect subscribers involved in multiple instances of illegal file-sharing. The statement made by the French Government came in response to the adoption by the European Parliament of a non-binding resolution condemning such disconnections as disproportionate and contrary to human rights...

A new design to celebrate French-law.net?s first birthday (and a half)

Posted on May 07, 2008
French-law.net was launched on 8 January 2007 and we believe that a wee celebration is long overdue! According to data collected by Google Analytics, you have visited nearly 14,000 times, reading an aggregated 35,000 pages. Thanks a lot for your readership! As the first blog in English dedicated to legal news from France, we have been delighted to see that many of our articles have been referenced in other websites and publications (for a non-exhaustive list see ?the about page?)...

A new design to celebrate French-law.net???s first birthday (and a half)

Posted on May 07, 2008
French-law.net was launched on 8 January 2007 and we believe that a wee celebration is long overdue! According to data collected by Google Analytics, you have visited nearly 14,000 times, reading an aggregated 35,000 pages. Thanks a lot for your readership! As the first blog in English dedicated to legal news from France, we have been delighted to see that many of our articles have been referenced in other websites and publications (for a non-exhaustive list see ???the about page???)...

New York, New York (Fordham, Cardozo)

Posted on March 27, 2008
 I am in New York for a week to attend the Fordham IP conference and to present at the Cardozo conference on the “International Harmonization of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions”. My paper is entitled: ”Private copying in France and the UK: a right to copy or a right to pay?” Looking forward to this IP bonanza and I hope to meet many of you there!

New York, New York (Fordham, Cardozo)

Posted on March 26, 2008
 I am in New York for a week to attend the Fordham IP conference and to present at the Cardozo conference on the “International Harmonization of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions”. My paper is entitled: ”Private copying in France and the UK: a right to copy or a right to pay?” Looking forward to this IP bonanza and I hope to meet many of you there! Read more...

Google Video held liable for the copyright infringement of “Tranquility Bay” (TGI Paris 19 octobre 2007)

Posted on March 25, 2008
In October 2007, a Paris court ordered Google to pay ?35,000 in damages for the copyright infringement of the documentary ? Tranquility Bay ?, multiple unauthorized copies of which had been posted on the video-sharing website Google Video. The court ruled that the hosting provider was liable for copyright infringement despite having disabled access to the copies within days after having been notified to do so by the rightholders...

Paris court holds Google Video liable for the copyright infringement of “Tranquility Bay”

Posted on March 24, 2008
In October 2007, a Paris court ordered Google to pay €35,000 in damages for the copyright infringement of the documentary “ Tranquility Bay ”, of which multiple unauthorized copies had been posted on the video-sharing website Google Video...

Google Video held liable for the copyright infringement of Tranquility Bay (TGI Paris 19 octobre 2007)

Posted on March 24, 2008
In October 2007, a Paris court ordered Google to pay ?35,000 in damages for the copyright infringement of the documentary ? Tranquility Bay ?, multiple unauthorized copies of which had been posted on the video-sharing website Google Video. The court ruled that the hosting provider was liable for copyright infringement despite having disabled access to the copies within days after having been notified to do so by the rightholders...

Musicians, fans and online copyright @ LSE

Posted on March 16, 2008
On Wednesday (March 19), I will be attending the conference “Musicians, fans and online copyright” at the London School of Economics, organized in collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute. You can still register for free. Read more...

The silver lining in Dailymotion’'s copyright cloud (TGI Paris 13 juillet 2007)

Posted on March 16, 2008
ABSTRACT*: Dailymotion, a French video-sharing website, recently received bad news on the judicial front. This summer, it was sentenced by a Paris court to pay ?23,001 ($33,400) in damages for the copyright infringement of the movie ?Joyeux Noël?, an unauthorized copy of which had been made available on the website by an internet user...

The silver lining in Dailymotion’s copyright cloud

Posted on March 15, 2008
ABSTRACT*: Dailymotion, a French video-sharing website, recently received bad news on the judicial front. This summer, it was sentenced by a Paris court to pay €23,001 ($33,400) in damages for the copyright infringement of the movie “Joyeux Noël”, an unauthorized copy of which had been made available on the website by an internet user...

The silver lining in Dailymotion's copyright cloud (TGI Paris 13 Juillet 2007)

Posted on March 15, 2008
ABSTRACT*: Dailymotion, a French video-sharing website, recently received bad news on the judicial front. This summer, it was sentenced by a Paris court to pay ?23,001 ($33,400) in damages for the copyright infringement of the movie ?Joyeux Noël?, an unauthorized copy of which had been made available on the website by an internet user...

French prankster wins copyright battle against MySpace

Posted on November 19, 2007
In June, a Paris court ordered MySpace to pay almost €60,000 ($88,000) in damages to a French comedian for breach of his copyrights and personality rights. The court considered that MySpace, acting as a publisher, was liable for copyright infringement as unauthorized copies of the comedian’s work had been posted on the web page of a MySpace member...

French prankster Lafesse wins copyright battle against MySpace (TGI Paris 22 juin 2007)

Posted on November 19, 2007
In June, a Paris court ordered MySpace to pay almost ?60,000 ($88,000) in damages to a French comedian for breach of his copyrights and personality rights. The court considered that MySpace, acting as a publisher, was liable for copyright infringement as unauthorized copies of the comedian?s work had been posted on the web page of a MySpace member...

Sony BMG and Deezer sign online music broadcasting deal

Posted on October 10, 2007
Deezer.com, a free on-demand music streaming website has signed a deal with Sony BMG , the second largest record label in the world, to allow the broadcasting of 165,000 titles from artists such as Justin Timberlake or Alicia Keys. This deal represents an important milestone both in digital music distribution and in Deezer’s difficult journey towards legality...

French broadcaster hails ‘Heroes’ VOD success in eroding piracy

Posted on October 05, 2007
TF1, the French broadcaster of the hit TV show ‘Heroes’ has welcomed the success of its video-on-demand (VOD) offer which allows French internet users to watch episodes of the second season of Heroes just 24 hours after their original US broadcast...

French ISP offers free access to Universal's music

Posted on August 27, 2007
A deal between Universal Music and Neuf-Cegetel, a French Internet Service Provider (ISP), allows the ISP’s customers to have unlimited access to songs in the Universal catalogue. At no extra-cost, Neuf’s broadband customers can listen, download and transfer all songs from one of the musical genres included in the label’s catalogue...

French police detain teen over Harry Potter translation

Posted on August 09, 2007
A French high-school student has been detained for questioning, and then released by the Police after he posted an unauthorized translation of the latest Harry Potter book on the Internet. Though he could, in theory, face stiff sentences for copyright infringement, the publisher has not yet pressed charges and seems unlikely to do so, given the non-commercial nature of the fan’s endeavor...