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Hadopi 2 gets nod from Constitutional Council

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • December 9 2009

On 22 October 2009, the French Constitutional Council gave a favourable decision on "Hadopi 2"

Website hosting provider considered an editor

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • March 29 2010

The French Supreme Court (the Cour de Cassation) has confirmed the position of the Court of Appeal, which ruled that by placing advertising spaces on personal web pages, Tiscali, a French website hosting provider, qualifies as an editor of content and is, therefore, fully responsible for such content

MP3 streaming website fined 1million for IP infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • October 19 2009

Radioblogclub.fr, a French website dedicated to MP3 streaming, was fined 1million for intellectual property (IP) infringement

Paris High Court applies French law in book scanning case

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • March 22 2010

The 3rd Chamber of the Paris High Court (the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris) decided to apply French law to a case involving Google and French book editors

Social networking site ordered to remove illegal content and provide identification data about the author

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • June 15 2010

On 13 April 2010, Facebook was ordered by the Paris Court of First Instance to (i) promptly remove a picture of a bishop who was the target of a Facebook group and (ii) provide identification data identifying the author of the allegedly defamatory content

Deep linking may not constitute copyright infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • July 2 2010

The Court of First Instance of Nanterre has ruled that a web portal that provides a deep link to the website of a software developer where the latter's software can be downloaded does not constitute copyright infringement

The French Senate approves bill to strengthen the protection of private life on the internet

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • July 2 2010

The French Senate has approved a bill entitled "Private Life in the Digital Age" which clarifies the status of IP addresses and cookies in relation to privacy