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Article 38b of the Loi sur la liberté de la presse (Press Freedom Act) of 29 July 1881 prohibits the recording of images of court proceedings, stipulating that “as soon as an administrative or judicial court hearing begins, the use of any device capable of recording or transmitting sound or images is prohibited”. Under Article 1 of the Loi pour la confiance dans l'institution judiciaire (Law on trust in the courts) of 22 December 2021, a new Article 38c created the possibility, by way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article 38b, to record or film civil, criminal...

Under two decrees adopted on 25 February and 10 March 2022, the regulatory part of the French Code du cinéma et de l'image animée (Cinema and Animated Image Code) and Article 2 of Decree no. 90-66 of 17 January 1990 defining cinematographic works within the meaning of the code were amended. The decree of 25 February 2022 modernises the work of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image – CNC), safeguards the legal mechanism for the payment of fees for managing the Registres du cinéma et...

The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication – ARCOM), as part of its role in promoting and developing the so-called “legal offer” (a list of websites that comply with copyright laws, see Article 331-12 of the French Intellectual Property Code), is encouraged to “develop tools aimed at strengthening the public visibility and indexing of the legal offer and to annually publish indicators listed under a decree.” On 9 March 2022, ARCOM therefore adopted...

On 2 September 2020, the Minister of Culture granted approval for Paul Verhoeven’s film “Benedetta” to be shown in cinemas to audiences over the age of 12, as recommended by the Film Classification Commission. The Pornostop organisation subsequently asked the minister to review the “12” rating given to the film, but did not receive a reply. It therefore asked the Paris Administrative Court to annul, on the grounds of misuse of power, the decision to reject its request that was implied by the Minister of Culture’s lack of response. It also asked the court to order...

In a press release published on 17 May 2021, the TF1, Métropole Télévision, Bouygues and RTL Groups announced that they had begun exclusive negotiations with a view to merging the activities of TF1 and Métropole Télévision (M6 Group). Following the merger, Bouygues would own 30% of the new company while the RTL Group would hold 16%. Free, a company active in the audiovisual content distribution market, and Iliad, its parent company, asked the Conseil d'Etat (State Council) to annul the French Competition Authority’s decision to investigate the...