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The reaction of editors of the electronic press to the multiple reproductions of their articles with a view to their circulation on company intranets or on Internet sites has not been long in coming. In the hope of putting an end to the pillage of their content, Les Echos, L'Agefi, Investir, Libération, Le Monde, La Tribune and ZDNet have recently signed an Electronic Publishing Charter intended to guarantee the rights of Internet users, editors and authors. In its preamble, the editors point out that on-line information is subject to the same statutory rules as conventional publishing. They undertake...

A recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Rennes confirms that the Internet is merely another vector of information subject to common law. The decision also helps to refine the definition and the limits of advertising on websites. In the case in question, a bank offered credit solutions on its site that were accompanied by examples of financing and a page of advertising for a credit card. A consumer association had the existence of these pages noted officially by a bailiff and called on the district court in Rennes to order their immediate removal on the grounds of violation of the Consumer Code....

On 22 December the Conseil de la concurrence (Restrictive Practices Board) gave its decision on an application made by an editor of television programmes on video against the company Télévision Française 1 (TF1) concerning two types of practices which the editor felt restricted competition. Under the amended Decree of 17 January 1990, TF1 is required to devote 3% of its turnover to commissioning original audiovisual work. However, according to the Restrictive Practices Board, the channel in fact makes its undertaking to finance these works conditional on the producer's acceptance of one of TF1's...

On 5 October the Government continued in the direction taken by the Prime Minister's speech at Hourtin (IRIS 1999-8: 4) and launched a wide-ranging public consultation on adapting the legislative framework applicable to the information society, inviting all concerned in both the public and private sectors to give their opinion on the legal implications of the development of the Internet. The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (the regulatory body for the audiovisual sector in France - CSA) recently published its intended contribution to the present debate. The summary of the various contributions...

Advertising on television for literary works, the cinema, the press and distribution sector is at present prohibited by Article 8 of the Decree of 27 March 1992. This restriction was originally justified basically by the desire to protect certain media, and in particular the written press, from a migration of advertisers to television. Thus the prohibition as regards distribution was intended specifically to maintain the financial advantage enjoyed by the regional daily newspapers. It was also important to prevent the major groups in the sectors concerned from being the only ones able to have access...