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After issuing a serious alert on 14 May 2014 to the heads of the television channels and radio stations, particularly private generalist ones, on the need to abide by the principle of equity ten days prior to the European Parliament elections, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory authority - CSA) eventually announced in the following week a number of warnings concerning the serious imbalances it had noted. The principle of equity implies that television services must allocate air time to the candidates (or to the political parties) and their supporters in proportion to...

On 22 May 2014 the press chamber of the regional court of Paris delivered two judgments which illustrate the subtle appreciation of the right to exercise humour and the limits of freedom of speech on television. In the case at issue, Marine Le Pen, leader of the right-wing ‘Front National’ political party, had summoned both the director of publication of France Télévisions and the presenter of the weekly infotainment programme ‘On n’est pas couché’ to appear in court in respect of the presentation, in two separate broadcasts, of satirical drawings which the complainant found insulting. The first...

Completely in line with the “Report on ways to combat streaming and illegal downloading” published by the HADOPI on 15 February 2013 and the conclusions of the Lescure report (see IRIS 2013-6/19), the Minister for Culture gave in July 2013 Ms Imbert-Quaretta, President of the HADOPI Committee for the Protection of Rights, the task of compiling a number of “operational tools for the effective involvement of the technical and financial intermediaries in preventing and combating commercial counterfeiting on-line”. The reports had highlighted the value of attempting to dry up the financial resources...

On 3 April 2014, the administrative court in Lyon delivered a judgment which, beyond its local consequences, “threatens the entire system of aid to the cinema from the regions”, according to the President of the Rhône-Alpes Region. In the present case, a member of the Regional Council applied to the administrative court for cancellation of the Council’s decision renewing for 2011-2015 the Region’s subsidy to Rhône-Alpes Cinéma; its co-production structure. It is the leading regional structure providing aid to the cinema in France, with a catalogue of 220 titles including Tony Gatlif’s latest film,...

France’s Minister for Culture and Communication Aurélie Filippetti called a meeting of her European counterparts in Paris on 4 and 5 April, as part of the Chaillot Forum on the future of culture in Europe. France’s President François Hollande, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, European Commissioners Michel Barnier (Internal Market) and Androulla Vassiliou (Culture and Education), and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova were also present for a working session. More than 1 200 participants - creators and intellectuals from Europe and further afield, public decision-makers and professionals...