The French anti-piracy outfit Trident Media Guard has been chosen by the entertainment industry to track and report illegal downloaders in France. The company, known globally for its pollution of BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks with fake data, will assist in the recently passed Hadopi three-strikes law. [...]

The stand against China will rightly be lauded. But western states also imperil internet freedom

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In the past several years, internet censorship has spread rapidly throughout a range of political systems. According to the Open Net Initiative, a consortium of academics and computer scientists who track censorship trends, the number of countries that censor the internet has gone from a handful a decade ago to almost 40 today – and the censorship club's fastest growing membership segment consists of democracies. [...]

The French government is considering a proposal that would have Internet advertisers—namely, Google—pay taxes in order to help support industries that are struggling as a result of the Internet. Google believes the government should embrace the Internet rather than singling out successful Internet businesses.

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Das am 1. Jänner 2010 in Kraft getretene Internet-Sperrgesetz "Loi HADOPI" ist Frankreichs Medienindustrie nicht genug. Sie will, dass die Regierung Google und andere Suchmaschinenanbieter sowie die Internet-Provider mit Sondersteuern belegt, die vor allem an die Musikindustrie fließen sollen. Bürgerrechtler sprechen von einem "Krieg gegen die User".

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The French government department that examines the data privacy implications of new legislation is refusing to sign off on the country's tough new "three strikes" law until it gets more information about what data will be retained... and how.

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Until it gets it, the law is on hold. The government appears ready to provide CNIL with the information it wants, so HADOPI will probably be up and running within a few months.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/france-three-strikes-law...

Looks like another stay of execution for illegal file sharers in France. The “three-strikes” anti-piracy law approved by the French senate last October, and due to to come into effect this month, is being put on pause by the government’s main agency overseeing the use of personal data and online privacy, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).

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El Acuerdo Comercial Anti-Falsificación (ACTA por sus siglas en inglés) es la propuesta de un acuerdo comercial multilateral para el establecimiento de normas internacionales sobre la aplicación de los derechos de propiedad intelectual, especialmente en las economías emergentes.

El Ministerio de Cultura francés ha lanzado un concurso público para encontrar la agencia publicitaria capaz de cumplir una misión que se plantea complicada: que los usuarios acepten la tarea de la futura autoridad antidescargas, que consiste en delatar a los que obtienen y comparten en la Red archivos sujetos a derechos de autor. La noticia, publicada por pcinpact.com, ha caído como una bomba entre los internautas, que han combatido contra la ley Creación e Internet que instaura la Hadopi.

Trattative semisegrete in corso in Corea avrebbero delineato un Accordo contro la contraffazione che, di fatto, sanzionerebbero massicciamente il download di materiali coperti da copyright – Ma i venti della censura soffiano forti in Europa dove va avanti la marcia di Consiglio e Parlamento europeo contro il p2p – Verrebbe escluso l’ intervento dell’autorità giudiziaria a favore di competenze delle autorità amministrative, privando così il cittadino della possibilità di “difendersi nel quadro di un ordinario processo, di fronte ad un magistrato imparziale e non ad un’autorità che potrebbe essere portatrice di interessi di parte”, come sottolinea PuntoInformatico. [...]

Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications has declared that access to 1MB broadband is a legal right. This is significant as it recognizes that much of what we do in today's world requires the net, from renewal of government documents like driving licenses to education to access to health services to engagement in the civic process by filing comments and forms with our local and national governments.

The French National Assembly has voted to adopt a so-called 'three strikes' law that will effectively criminalise illegal file sharing. [...]

Die französische Nationalversammlung hat die lange umkämpften Strafvorschriften des "Gesetzes zur Verbreitung und zum Schutz kreativer Inhalte im Internet" am gestrigen Dienstag endgültig abgesegnet. Das Gesamtvorhaben will in Frankreich das auch hierzulande viel diskutierte Verfahren zur "abgestuften Erwiderung" auf Urheberrechtsverstöße im Netz aufsetzen. [...]

Jag skämtade för ett tag sedan med några av medlemmarna i den franska medborgarrättsrörelsen La Quadrature du Net. Jag sade att vi borde ta med oss en filmkamera och gå till myndigheterna för att be om en skiva med det statliga spionprogram som man säkerligen kommer att behöva installera i sin dator så att de styrande skall kunna hålla koll på en när Hadopi-lagen träder i kraft. [...]