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HADOPI warning emails

Hogan Lovells
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France
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February 3 2011

The High Authority for the distribution and protection of protected works on the Internet (HADOPI) is soon to enter the second stage of the staged warning process

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

Copyright infringement by digitalization of photos by press agency without explicit authorization?

Hogan Lovells
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France
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July 20 2012

The First Civil Chamber of the French Supreme Court rendered a decision on the digitalization of photos by a press agency without express authorization from the photographer

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

Deep links to TV replay websites do not infringe author rights - Paris Court of First Instance, decision of 18 June 2010, M6 Group v. SDBS Active

Hogan Lovells
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France
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October 14 2010

The Paris Court of First Instance provided further guidance on the enforcement of performance and database rights under French copyright law, in particular on the setting up of deep links to TV replay websites

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

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

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

Google faces French copyright fine for not removing infringing videos

Davies Collison Cave
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France
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March 24 2011

Less than two weeks after Attorney-General Robert McLelland flagged the expansion of Australia's safe-harbour protections to include user-generated content distributors such as Google and Yahoo!, a Paris appeals court has found that Google infringed the copyrights of three documentary producers and an unidentified photographer, despite the availability of a similar 'mere conduit' defence under the European Directive on Electronic Commerce

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

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