A New Deal for End Users? Lessons From a French Innovation in the Regulation of Interoperability
[Article published in the William and Mary Law Review] In 2007, France created the Regulatory Authority for Technical Measures (l’Autorité de Régulation des Mesures Techniques or ARMT), an independent regulatory agency charged with promoting the interoperability of digital media distributed with embedded “technical protection measures” (TPM), also [...]
European Legal e-Access conference in Paris
On Thursday I will be at the European Legal e-Access conference in Paris which is coordinated by the French Government (under France’s EU presidency). I will be talking at a round table about “how to promote and improve access to a European legal literature”. I will present this blog and SCRIPTed, the online, peer-reviewed law [...]
Blawg Review #165
I am delighted to host this week’s Blawg Review. Bienvenue sur French-law.net! About Blawg Review: Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law. A peer-reviewed blog carnival, the host of each Blawg Review decides which of the submissions and recommended posts are suitable for inclusion in the presentation.
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French Culture Minister to present “graduated response” bill on 11th June
Christine Albanel, the French Culture Minister (picture), has announced she will present her controversial “graduated response” bill to the French cabinet on 11th June. The bill (often referred to as the “three strikes and you’re out” bill in countries where baseball rules) would require Internet Service Providers to disconnect subscribers involved in multiple instances of [...]
ASIC : the trade association for web 2.0 companies in France (Association des services internet communautaires)
The ASIC is the trade association for companies whose activities and services depend on and promote participation from internet users. These companies which foster participation from internet communities are generally referred to as Web 2.0 companies or, less frequently, User-Generated Content services. In December 2007, AOL, Dailymotion, Google, PriceMinister and Yahoo founded the French “Association [...]