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On 8 January, the Parliament put draft legislation on confidence in the digital economy through its second reading. Mr Jean Dionis du Séjour, parliamentary rapporteur on the bill, had tabled an amendment on 10 December proposing a new definition for public on-line communication. The amendment was adopted contrary to the Government's opinion. It states that the term "on-line public communication" means any transmission of digital data that does not constitute private correspondence, in response to an individual request and using a telecom process that allows the mutual exchange of information between...

The CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel ­ audiovisual regulatory body) published two recommendations on 18 December 2003 that lay down the methods for implementing the Decree of 7 October 2003 on advertising on television for sectors that were previously prohibited from advertising ­ namely the press and publishing ­ thereby exercising its powers of interpretation. Since 1 January, the press and the literary publishing industry have had full access to advertising on television. The CSA feels that this new possibility should be considered as an "extension of the freedom of the press". In respect...

In a communication on policy in favour of the cinema presented on 30 April 2003, the Minister for Culture and Communication, Mr Jean-Jacques Aillagon, pointed out that the system for funding cinema was showing signs of fragility, and that it was necessary to make changes in the system. This has now been done, with the adoption of a tax credit system for cinema as part of the 2004 budget on 30 December 2003. Implementing regulations dated 7 January 2004 lay down the way in which the measure is to be implemented. The new system is a response to the recurrent concerns of professionals in the sector....

On 12 November the Minister for Culture, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, presented the Bill for transposing the Directive of 22 May 2001 on copyright and related rights in the information society (see IRIS 2001­5: 3). The text introduces two new exceptions to copyright under French law. Firstly, in accordance with Article 5(1) of the Directive, the Bill institutes an exception to the reproduction right in respect of certain ephemeral technical acts of reproduction, particularly those related to transmissions using the Internet, such as certain categories of mask copies on the servers of access providers...

In the course of the public examination of Article 20 of the draft Budget for 2004 covering the audiovisual licence fee, the Senate adopted the budget for communication during the night of 28-29 November. At the request of the Minister for Culture and Communications, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the Senators carried out a new distribution of audiovisual credits taking into account the additional revenue expected from licence fees. Following the rejection by the Members of Parliament on the National Assembly's Finance Committee of the original proposal to combat evasion of payment of the fee by cross-checking...