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In the event of serious and repeated infringements of audiovisual exploitation rights and neighbouring rights relating to sports events or competitions committed by online public communication services whose main objective, or one of whose main objectives, is the unauthorised broadcasting of such competitions, Article L. 333‑10 of the French Sports Code provides sports rights holders (leagues, federations, television channels) with a fast-track procedure before the president of the judicial court. The judge, ruling in summary proceedings or under the expedited procedure on the merits,...

After six months of work and heated debate, the report on the “neutrality, operation and funding of public service broadcasting” was adopted by the parliamentary committee of inquiry. In the report, MP Charles Alloncle, the rapporteur, offers a critical assessment of the impartiality and funding of public service broadcasting, setting out 70 recommendations aimed at “reforming, reducing costs and improving oversight of public service broadcasting”. Meanwhile, the committee chair, Jérémie Patrier-Leitus, presented 40 counter-proposals. Among the rapporteur’s...

Four organisations asked the Council of State (Conseil d'Etat) to repeal Decree No. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 on the automatic processing of personal data, implemented pursuant to Article L. 331-23 of the Intellectual Property Code as part of the graduated response mechanism to combat the online piracy of protected works. The decree authorises the French audiovisual regulator (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique – Arcom) to access certain data, in particular the IP address used to illegally download works and the civil...

A production company sought the annulment, on the grounds of ultra vires, of a decision in which the French audiovisual regulator (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique – Arcom) had refused to classify the animated film Mon ami robot as an original French-language work. This classification directly affects the ability of television service providers (and, by extension, certain on-demand audiovisual media services under French jurisdiction) to include the work in their broadcast quotas and investment obligations. The Council...

At a time when the draft law aimed at protecting minors from the risks associated with using social networks is soon due to be examined by the joint committee, a note from the AI and Digital Council (Conseil de l'IA et du numérique - CIANum), published on 30 March, looks more specifically at the age control system that has been the subject of debate in parliament. It looks at the many risks to which minors are exposed on social networks, as well as current/planned regulations and their limitations. In this respect, the Council notes an international movement to regulate digital services...