Franck Louvrier, conseiller du président chargé de la communication, avait publié une tribune au sein du Monde qui avait fait grand bruit. Dans celle-ci, il s’appuyait sur une rhétorique étrange à base de démocratie et…
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On the Internet today, a Web site run by a solo blogger can load as quickly as any corporate home page. Internet service providers, including leading cable and phone companies, want to be able to…
Dans Le Monde daté du 22 août, Franck Louvrier, conseiller du président de la République, nous livre ses pensées sur les relations entre Internet et la démocratie. Comme de nombreux autres commentateurs, il salue l’importance…
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
November 2007 President Sarkozy proposes a « three strikes » law for France, meaning that people illegally copying music or films over the internet will be cut off after a third offence. […]
May 2009 France’s National Assembly…
The UK government has taken Internet copyright-protection out of Ofcom’s hands, and is rushing through measures that could cut off everyone at an address
The Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to keep the Internet free of increased user fees based on heavy Web traffic and slow downloads.
Julius Genachowski, the FCC chairman, told The Hill that…
People who persist in swapping copyrighted films and music will have their internet connections cut off under tough new laws to be proposed by the government today.
The measures also include taking the power to target…
Glyn sez, « People accused of breaking copyright over the internet will have their internet connections cut off under tough new laws to be proposed by the UK government today. The decision is noteworthy since it…
Dutch broadband provider UPC is to introduce a new system in which its customers will pay more to access certain services and providers.
Critics have argued that the move could signal the end of net neutrality,…