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Are German shepherds more obedient than French poodles?

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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France, Germany
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August 25 2012

Perhaps

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

YouTube wins piracy case against French broadcaster TF1. How Pinteresting

King & Wood Mallesons
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France
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June 13 2012

A French court has ruled that YouTube was not responsible for large amounts of copyright protected films and TV shows uploaded illegally to its site

Organisation in charge of collecting the private copying levy held liable for damages

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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March 28 2012

Since France's rate for the private copy levy is one of the highest in Europe, Rueducommerce, an e-commerce website, argued that it lost customers because online merchants located in other EU Member States which do not have such a levy system can sell their goods at a lower price compared to online merchants located in France

The High Court of Paris dismisses suit by collecting society against video sharing site

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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July 19 2011

The High Court of Paris has rejected a legal action for alleged "acts of infringement" initiated by the Civil Society of Phonogram Producers in France (SPPF), the French collecting society managing the rights of independent record producers, against YouTube

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

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

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

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

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

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