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Measures to limit online copyright infringement

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, France
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  • November 19 2012

The creative industries argue that piracy costs the industry £400m a year in lost revenue

France - SACEM, Universal Music and YouTube agreement on the remuneration of authors

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • April 30 2013

On 3 April 2013, the French music collecting society SACEM, Universal Music Publishing International and YouTube have announced to have entered into

Search engine exempt from liability

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • 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

Google’s legal challenges will have a ripple effect

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • France, USA
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  • April 13 2011

Google’s influence is pervasive, and the outcomes of the many legal actions pending against the company will reverberate in many quarters

Online copyright infringement: when Google images finally meets French law

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • March 9 2011

While Google’s exemption from liability for trademark infringement through its AdWords service has now been well established by the Supreme Court, the situation with regard to copyright infringement remains more uncertain. The latest service to be considered is the Google Images search, in regard to which the Paris Court of Appeal recently issued a long-awaited ruling

HADOPI eport

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
  • -
  • February 28 2013

On 25 February 2013, the High Authority of Diffusion on the Art Works and Protection of Rights on the Internet (HADOPI) submitted its report on the

France - VLCBlu-Ray interoperability

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • April 30 2013

Further to a request filed by the VideoLan association (developer of the VLC Media Player software) before the High Authority for the Diffusion of

Jurisdiction of French courts in case of online infringement: what are the relevant criteria?

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • April 14 2011

The Criminal Chamber of the French Supreme Court rendered a decision regarding the criteria to determine jurisdiction of French courts in case of online infringement of intellectual property rights

Batter up! New decree implements France's three strikes law

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • France
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  • August 14 2010

On July 27, the French government published Decree No. 2010-872, which establishes procedures for implementing a controversial "three strikes" Internet piracy law

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