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FranceAnalysis: Three Strikes Strikes Out - The End of ISP Policing?Authored by Paul Sweeting on April 11, 2008 - 10:30am.
You can forget about French president Nicolas Sarkozy's original proposal for policing piracy on the Internet becoming a model
for the rest of Europe. Not only has the plan been dropped from the
French Parliament's current legislative agenda, but the European
Parliament this week approved a resolution harshly
denouncing a lynch-pin of the French plan: the proposal to require ISPs
to monitor their subscribers' Internet use and cut off those found
repeatedly to be downloading illegal copyrighted material.
Buzz Watch: French AOL Employees Sing After Being Laid OffAuthored by Jay Baage on October 22, 2007 - 4:41pm.
 AOL France reportedly lost 90 of its 140 employees as a part of the company's cost cutting efforts, which DMW covered last week. Many of the employees spent their last day on the job creating a single-take music video to the tune of "L'amour a la française." It certainly puts some faces to the numbers for AOL CEO Randy Falco and COO Ron Grant, the management duo known on campus as "Smithers and Burns," according to Valleywag. One of the comments on the video posted to Vimeo says: "As a former AOLer, I thank you for showing the spirit and creativity that increasingly is lacking at the company. There are bigger and better things to work on and I wish you luck."
Laid Off French AOL Employees Sing Their Last SongAuthored by Jay Baage on October 22, 2007 - 4:32pm.
Buzz Watch: Check Out What Second Life Avatars Would Look Like In First LifeAuthored by Jay Baage on July 12, 2007 - 2:25am.
 A brilliant promotional video for the ad agency Draftfcb was recently uploaded to YouTube (embedded below). Eric Lavenac created the advertising spot in order to show that the agency is down with the latest tech trends by using their Paris office staff to do a real life interpretation of what Second Life would look if it took place in First Life.
tags: Games | Internet | Video | Marketing | Tech | Europe | France | Second Life | Virtual Worlds | Draftfcb |
Buzz Watch: The Art of Making a Clever Commercial with a Positive MessageAuthored by Jay Baage on July 10, 2007 - 4:43am.
I don't want to spoil it by saying what this ad is for, but it won the Golden Lion for best advertising spot at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes. Safe to say it was created by the Nordpol+ Hamburg ad agency in Germany.
France Offers Tax Credits to Local Video Game DevelopersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2007 - 12:26pm.
Paris - France has announced plans to offer tax credits to local video game developers, Reuters reported. MySpace Launches Online Social Network in FranceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 11, 2007 - 9:13am.
London - News Corp.'s MySpace online social network on Thursday launched a version of its site in France, as part of the company's roll-out of foreign language sites catering to overseas markets, Reuters reported. Musiwave Speeds Mobile Music Downloads, Lowers Song CostsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 4, 2006 - 3:12pm.
Paris - Mobile music service provider Musiwave announced on Monday that it has reduced over-the-air track download times with partner wireless carrier SFR by 50%, through the adoption of the AAC+ audio format.
Archos Introduces First 160GB Portable Video PlayerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2006 - 1:50pm.
Denver - French consumer electronics firm Archos has introduced the first portable video player to offer a 160GB hard drive. The $599 Archos 504 features a 4.3-inch screen and can hold up to 155 DVD-quality movies, 95,000 songs or 1.6 million photos. The company also offers a 40GB version of the 504 for $349, and an 80GB model for $399.
Time Warner to Sell AOL France to Neuf Cegetel for $365 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 22, 2006 - 11:20am.
Dulles, Va. - Just three days after announcing a deal to sell its AOL Germany unit, media giant Time Warner said on Thursday that it has agreed to sell its AOL France Internet access business to Neuf Cegetel for $365 million in cash. Under the deal, the French company will acquire AOL France's 500,000 broadband customers, as well as the 500-employee business that manages its customer service operations.
tags: Deals | Internet | Europe | AOL | Acquisitions | France | ISP | Portals | Time Warner | Neuf Cegetel |
Online Gambling Executives Arrested in FranceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 19, 2006 - 6:42pm.
London - Following the lead of their U.S. counterparts, French authorities have detained two executives at an Internet gambling firm, on allegations they violated French gambling laws. The arrests of co-CEOs Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger of Austria-based BWin International Entertainment -- the parent company of gambling site Betbull -- were condemned by the company, which maintains that it accepts no business from France. "The arrest of Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger is an attempt to intimidate an entire industry," said Betbull CEO Gunter Schmid. "To the national courts, the European Courts, and the European Commission it will send the signal that it is not the general public that requires protection from abstract and unfounded threats of privately operated gaming but it is the operators that require protection from the real violation of their basic human rights from overpowering executive bodies across Europe." The illicit gambling charges against BWin executives follow the revocation of the company's betting license in Germany, and the arrest of two executives of online gambling firms by U.S. authorities.
Shares of Atari Parent Co. Infogrames Suspended Pending RestructuringAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2006 - 4:25pm.
Paris - Infogrames, the struggling France-based parent company of video game publisher Atari, announced that its shares have been suspended from trading in Paris, "in anticipation of a press release announcing the company's debt restructuring plan," the company said.
Court Tosses Parts of French Copyright Law on iTunes-Type ServicesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 1, 2006 - 5:08pm.
San Francisco - A French copyright law that initially would have forced Apple and others to open their digital music stores to competitors' devices has seen several of its sections declared unconstitutional, CNET News.com reported.
French Video Compression Firm Actimagine Raises $3.75 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 18, 2006 - 12:52pm.
Paris - Actimagine, a French developer of advanced video compression technologies, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $3.75 million in financing from GRP Partners.
Harmonic to Power IPTV Service for France's Club InternetAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 18, 2006 - 12:44pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Harmonic, a provider of digital video delivery technology, announced on Tuesday that T-Online France will use its equipment to power an Internet TV service from Club Internet.
Google Earth Lets Fans Follow Tour de France on 3D Satellite MapsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 6, 2006 - 4:30pm.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google on Thursday announced the launch of a feature for its Google Earth satellite imagery service that will allow users to follow the Tour de France cycling road race from space.
tags: Sports | Internet | Google | France | Portals | Maps | Google Earth | Tour de France | Cycling |
Bouygues Telecom Mobile Music Service to Support Microsoft AudioAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 6, 2006 - 4:22pm.
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft announced on Thursday that a mobile music service from French wireless carrier Bouygues Telecom set to launch in the first half of 2007 will support Windows Media Audio and the company's digital rights management technologies.
tags: Mobile | Mobile Music | Tech | Audio | Music | Microsoft | DRM | Tech Deals | France | WMA | Bouyges Telecom |
France Approves Watered-Down Version of iTunes LawAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2006 - 2:50pm.
Paris - French lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a law that could force Apple to renegotiate agreements with artists and record labels in order to maintain status quo operations at its iTunes Store in the country, the Associated Press reported.
Virgin France Fined $750,000 for Piracy of Madonna SongAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2006 - 2:47pm.
London - Virgin France, a unit of Lagardere, has been fined over $750,000 by a French court for copyright violations, after it posted a Madonna song for sale on its website that was under an exclusive deal between Warner Music France and French wireless operators Orange and France Telecom, the International Herald Tribune reported.
French Law Will Stop Short of Compelling Apple to Open iTunesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2006 - 7:00pm.
Paris - French lawmakers are set to approve a law that would stop short of forcing Apple and other companies to open their digital music stores to competitors' playback devices, the Associated Press reported.
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