Content owners have been hoping that France’s controversial HADOPI scheme for disconnecting file-sharers might provide a model for the rest of the world. Now, the fate of the plan is in confusion after last week’s election that brought Socialist Francois Hollande to power. Read More »
The lawmaker leading Europe’s digital agenda initiatives is hoping France can liberalise its digital copyright regime, after it introduced a policy to warn and disconnect illegal content downloaders. Read More »
Power To The People: ISPs, Media, Users Face Off In EU Legal Triple-Whammy
By Ingrid Lunden
Nov. 25, 2011, 6:05am
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Consumers in Europe may be feeling the smarting bite of the economic winter settling in around us, but when it comes to internet and mobile… Read More »
France Wants To Tax ISPs To Fund Music, Add Streaming To Three-Strikes Law
By Ingrid Lunden
Nov. 21, 2011, 10:01pm
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Away from the Eurozone crisis, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy has come up with one way to raise more funds in his country for one strugg… Read More »
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