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France Moves Closer to Unprecedented Internet Regulation
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| The lower house of the French parliament has
| approved a draft bill that will allow the
| state unprecedented control over the
| Internet. Although the government says it
| will improve security for ordinary citizens,
| civil rights activists are warning of a "new
| level" of censorship and surveillance.
|
| For members of the French administration, it
| is a law against digital crime. For civil
| rights activists and politicians from
| opposition parties, it is a plan for
| censorship that excites fear and loathing --
| and even conjures up the specter of Big
| Brother and the surveillance state.
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,678508,00.html
Move over, Australia: France taking 'Net censorship lead
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| Critics of government-mandated filtering
| schemes contend that such programs first
| focus on "child pornography" because it's
| such an unobjectionable target for
| censorshipâbut once the program is in place,
| it's much easier to extend it to more
| controversial areas, such as copyright
| protection. At least the French have the
| decency to admit that this is what's
| happening.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/move-over-australia-france-taking-net-censorship-lead.ars
Studentâs Facebook Tirade Against Teacher Is Protected Speech
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| The score is 2-1 in favor of the First
| Amendment when it comes to three federal
| rulings this month on the limits of
| studentsâ online, off-campus speech.
|
| The latest ruling, which supports the
| student, concerned a former Florida high
| senior who was reprimanded for
| âcyberbullyingâ a teacher on Facebook.
| Katherine Evans, now 20, was suspended two
| years ago after creating a Facebook group
| devoted to her English teacher.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/student-facebook-tirade-against-teacher-is-protected-speech/
Facebook gripes protected by free speech, ruling says
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/02/16/facebook.speech.ruling/index.html
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French lawmakers to vote on net filtering next Tuesday
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| French lawmakers will vote next Tuesday on
| a proposal to filter Internet traffic. Part
| of a new security bill, the measure is
| intended to catch child pornographers, but
| critics say it won't succeed. Once the
| filtering system is in place, though, it
| will allow the government to censor other
| material too.
|
| The National Assembly has already spent two
| days debating the grandly titled "Bill on
| direction and planning for the performance
| of domestic security," known as Loppsi II
| in French, with deputies voting to reject
| all the amendments that sought to limit the
| Internet filtration provisions.
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http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/335982
French Parliament approves Net censorship
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| During the debate over the French security
| bill (LOPPSI), the government opposed all
| the amendments seeking to minimize the
| risks attached to filtering Internet sites.
| The refusal to make this measure
| experimental and temporary shows that the
| executive could not care less about its
| effectivity to tackle online child
| pornography or about its disastrous
| consequences. This measure will allow the
| French government to take control of the
| Internet, as the door is now open to the
| extension of Net filtering.
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http://www.laquadrature.net/en/french-parliament-approves-net-censorship
French Government Urged to Tax Online Ad Revenue
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| A report commissioned by the French Minister
| of Culture FrÃdÃric Mitterrand urges the
| introduction of a tax on online advertising
| such as that carried by Google, which would be
| used to pay the creators of artistic and other
| works who lose out to online piracy.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/186185/french_government_urged_to_tax_online_ad_revenue.html?tk=rss_news
France floats Google music-and-movie tax
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| A new proposal to tax internet advertising
| revenue was among the recommendations offered
| by the government-appointed panel. Money
| raised would finance the availability of
| cultural material online and fund the
| protection of artists losing out to piracy.
|
| [...]
|
| Zelnick's recommendations follow the French
| government's efforts to pass its controversial
| "three strikes" law that would disconnect
| internet users repeatedly accused of illegal
| downloading. His reports also taps into fears
| of the growing influence of major internet
| companies.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/07/france_report_suggests_google_tax/
French Pirates get 2.06% in by-election
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| France's Parti Pirate fought its first election on Sunday.
| This was a by-election to the Natonal Assembly in the 10th
| district of Yvelines. The Pirate candidate was Maxime
| Rouquet, a 23 year old student, and he got 2.06% of the
| vote.
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http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2009/sep/21/french-pirates-get-206-election/
Music industry talks break down in illegal downloading row
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| Many in the music business believe that the disunity,
| which has involved public spats between the FAC and
| artists such as Lily Allen, Abba and Muse, will derail
| Lord Mandelsonâs proposals, as the industry fails to
| present a united front.
|
| UK Music, the umbrella organisation for the whole music
| industry, has already dropped all mentions of
| disconnection from its public statements on the issue,
| in a desperate attempt to unite the industry. The
| consultation period for the plans ends in a weekâs time.
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6841981.ece
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