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An Act of 1 August 2000 has amended the Freedom of Communication Act of 30 September 1986, and in particular its Articles 27 and 71 on the contribution of channels to the development of cinema film and audiovisual production. The aim was to increase the financing of production by the television channels, reinforce the economic independence of production companies and improve the circulation of cinema film and audiovisual works. The Decree of 9 July 2001 now replaces the Decree of 17 January 1990 adopted on the basis of the 1986 Act. Heading I covers contributions to the development of cinema film...

During an evening news programme, France 2 broadcast a report on an exhibition devoted to Maurice Utrillo in which it showed about a dozen of his paintings in full. The artist's beneficiary claimed that this full representation of the works, without any authorisation having been obtained or even requested, was unlawful, and asked France 2 to hand over a copy of the report in order to calculate the amount of the copyright fees he considered were due. The company refused to do this, maintaining that broadcasting the works in the context of a cultural information report could not give rise to entitlement...

The Information Society Bill (see IRIS 2001-5: 14) was adopted on 13 June 2001 by the Council of Ministers without any major changes. The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (the audiovisual regulatory authority - CSA) and the Commission national informatique et libertés (CNIL - National Commission for IT and Civil Liberties), both closely concerned with the subject, have given their opinions on the provisions of the Bill. The length of time during which connection data is retained for investigative purposes remains fixed by the Council of Ministers at a maximum of one year. This very controversial...

The dispute between the TPS satellite package and its pay-per-view channel Multivision, on the one hand, and its competitor Canal+ and its Kiosque channel (see IRIS 1999-2: 7; IRIS 1999-7: 8 and IRIS 2000-6: 7) is not over yet. At the beginning of the year, Multivision and TPS had again applied to the Conseil de la concurrence (National Council on Competition), claiming that Canal+ had concluded on 20 May 2000 a general agreement with certain organisations representing the French cinematographic industry. Multivision and TPS considered that the combined effects of the provisions of this agreement...

On 11 May 2001, Catherine Tasca, Minister for Culture and Communication, established the Conseil supérieur de la propriété littéraire et artistique (Higher Council for Literary and Artistic Property - CSPLA). This council has been set up for a six-year period and its position in regard to the minister should mean that it will be a mediation body for matters relating to intellectual property in the context of the development of the information society. Its members represent not only a number of ministries, but also all professionals concerned with the issues raised by the application of literary...