OSCE – Three Strikes Laws Incompatible with International Obligations to Free Speech Written By Drew Wilson July 13, 2011 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world’s largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization has…
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French Constitutional Council Validates Internet Censorship | La Quadrature du Net Submitted on 11 March 2011 Paris, March 10th, 2011 — The French Constitutional Council has released its decision1 regarding the LOPPSI bill. Judges held…
The French supreme court recognizes hosting status of Web 2.0 services | EDRI 23 February, 2011 On 17 February 2011 the French Court of Cassation recognized the hosting status of Dailymotion and Fuzz.fr. The court…
UK, France move to filter the internet By John Hilvert Dec 20, 2010 5:23 PM Separate bills to end ‘Wild West’ approach. The UK and French Governments have separately conceived plans to block internet pornography…
The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet – Slashdot: “‘A new episode in French internet legislation — French ministers have passed a bill (original in French) allowing the government to add any website to…
French court orders ISPs to block gambling site: “A French court has told internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to a gambling site that is operated out of Gibraltar and does not have a…
IP address in anti-piracy probe was not personal data, says French court: “A French music collecting society did not breach data protection rules when it collected the internet protocol (IP) address of an internet user,…
French Parliament approves Net censorship | La Quadrature du Net French Parliament approves Net censorship Submitted on 11 February 2010 Paris, February 11th, 2010 – During the debate over the French security bill (LOPPSI), the…
EBay fined by Paris court over sales of authentic perfumes: “A French court has told internet auction site eBay that it cannot allow sales of luxury goods without the brand owner’s permission. EBay has been…
Here we go again… Hadopi strikes 2 (Via TorrentFreak.) France Passes New 3 Strikes Anti-Piracy Bill Following its initial adoption in May 2009, the original version of the controversial Hadopi anti-piracy legislation was nuked by…