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Peer to peer (P2P) legislation

  • Abril Abogados
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  • Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 13 2012

Since 2006, when the first European Regulation against illegal downloading was enacted by Finland, most of EU Member States have followed the example

Appeal court finds AFNIC not liable for failing to 'freeze' a domain name

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • December 19 2011

In October 2009 the French Association for Internet Names and Cooperation (AFNIC), the registry for the '.fr' country-code top-level domain, was ordered to pay compensation of 4,500 to the owner of the FRANCE LOTS trademark for failing to 'freeze' a domain name upon its request

New decree for .FR defines legitimate interest and bad faith

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • August 19 2011

Regular Anchovy News readers will recall that in October 2010, the French Constitutional Court ruled that certain provisions of the French Posts and Electronic Communications Code (the "Code") were unconstitutional and that, as a consequence, new legislation (articles L.45 ff of the Code) was adopted on 22 March 2011

Copyright Developments in Europe - Sabam, TalkTalk cases shed light on internet filtering

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Belgium, France, United Kingdom
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  • July 19 2011

What should be the role of internet intermediaries in fighting illegal content?

Publication of the fourth "HADOPI" decree

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • May 6 2011

The decree relating to the factors used by the High Authority for the distribution and protection of protected works on the Internet (HADOPI) was published in the Journal Officiel on 13 April 2011

Paris Court of Appeal holds Dailymotion to be a hosting provider

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
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  • November 2 2010

The Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed that Dailymotion is a hosting provider despite the fact that its commercial activities are supported by advertising revenues

Deep linking may not constitute copyright infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • 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

French Supreme Court rules against Tiscali in Lucky Comics hosting liability case

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
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  • May 10 2010

In the first hosting liability case to reach the French Supreme Court, Tiscali has been held not to qualify as a host of personal web pages stored for its users

Illegal internet file downloads under HADOPI 1 and 2

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
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  • May 10 2010

In 2007 the French government requested a commission led by Denis Olivennes to broker an agreement between organisations representing the music and film industry and internet service providers on proposals to combat unlawful file-sharing

ECJ finds for Google on AdWords but advertisers beware

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • May 4 2010

In what is likely to be seen as a set-back for brand owners, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that Google is not liable for trade mark infringement with its AdWords system