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Search engine exempt from liability

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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April 4 2011

On 26 January 2011, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that "Google Images" is an information society service and thus benefits from the exemption from liability provided for under the LCEN for internet intermediaries

French court permits enforcement of foreign judgment concerning illegal circumvention software

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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February 28 2011

The need is for lawyers who understand the process of procuring technology and technology related services

HADOPI decrees published

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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October 19 2010

The Decree relating to the procedure applicable before the High Authority of Diffusion of the Artworks and Protection of Rights on Internet (HADOPI) Commission has been published in the Official Journal

Decree specifies the characteristics of the “carte musique jeune”

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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January 6 2011

The Government has published in the Official Gazette the decree establishing the "carte musique jeune", the sale of which began on 28 October 2010 (Decree

Decree defining gross negligence finally published

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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August 24 2010

The Decree n2010-695 on "defining the misdemeanour of gross negligence for the protection of the literary and artistic property" has been published

Search engine held liable by Paris Court of Appeal for copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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May 4 2011

In four decisions dated 14 January 2011, the Paris Court of Appeal held Google Inc. and Google France liable for copyright infringement and ordered them to pay an aggregate sum of 510,000

Streaming music website ordered to pay 1 million in damages

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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June 15 2011

The Court of Appeal of Paris has confirmed a court decision sentencing the creators of "radioblobclub.fr", a website for streaming music, to pay 1 million in damages to two collecting societies as a result of their "unlawful exploitation of musical works" without first securing from the rights holders the rights to stream

Breach of non-disclosure agreement and unfair competition

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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June 28 2011

Net Innovations developed a software program with functionalities that were similar to the software belonging to Kaolink

Creator of French bittorrent website TorrentNews loses appeal

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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July 14 2011

The Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence has upheld the decision of the Court of First Instance and sentenced the creator of the website TorrentNews to a four-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 for copyright piracy

Advertisers on piracy websites are not accomplices to copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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April 12 2011

The French Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals and dismissed the claim of copyright holders that the advertisers on piracy websites should be considered accomplices to copyright infringement