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New measures in the electronic communications sector
French Act no. 2008-3 dated 3 January 2008 on the development of competition to benefit consumers (the Chatel Act), provides for new measures to benefit consumers.
The new provisions are notably with regard to electronic communications contracts entered into with a consumer (a physical person), whether or not that person is acting for professional ends. They will enter into effect on 1 June 2008 and will be applicable to contracts already in force.
Liability of companies that host file-sharing websites – Wikipedia,a web host found not liable
After the file-sharing websites “DailyMotion” and “MySpace”, it was the turn of the famous online, free and collectively-compiled encyclopaedia “Wikipedia” to be hauled before French courts.
Commission on images of diversity (decree no. 2007-181 of 9 february 2007)
Decree no. 2007-181 of the 9 February 2007 (the “Decree”) creates a commission under the aegis of the Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l’Egalité des Chances (“ACSE” or National Agency for Social Cohesion and Equal Opportunities) and the Centre National de la Cinématographie (“CNC” or National Motion Picture Centre) called the
“Commission images de la diversité” (Commission on images of diversity).
