February 20th 2015 Act: orphan works digitization

In order for a work protected by copyright to be digitally published on the Internet by a library or archives, it is imperative that the right holders give their prior consent.

However, regarding orphan works, it is considered that the right holders have not been identified despite...
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February 20th 2015 Act: Extension of the term of protection for phonogram rights

The act dated February 20th 2015 implemented Directive 2001/77/EU dated September 27th 2015 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights....
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The French competition Authority reviews TDF’s proposal to reform its antenna hosting contracts

To ensure a nationwide network coverage, telecom operators need to deploy highly located antennas called towers. These towers can be the property of the telecom operators themselves or belong to specialized tower companies like TDF. The tower companies rent the towers to telecom operators...
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ARCEP places the wholesale markets for SMS termination under surveillance

The wholesale market for SMS termination is a structural monopoly. The regulation of this market is a key element for maintaining a decent level of competition between telecom operators in France (especially the regulation of the price paid by an operator when one of its client sends a SMS to a...
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Opinion of the Commission of access of administrative documents of January 8th 2015

Pursuant to a request of a researcher for the communication of the source code of the software used to estimate the income tax of private persons, the Director of the General Directorate of Public Finance (Direction Générale des Finances Publiques - DGFiP) refused such communication on the...
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New CNIL “Data protection governance” Label

By  deliberation n°2014-500 dated December 11th 2014  on the adoption of a frame of reference regarding the grant of a label regarding procedures of data protection governance, the CNIL created a “Data protection governance” label (Label “Gouvenance Informatique et Libertés”). This...
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Irregularity of a tender document for lack of an electronic signature

By judgement  delivered on November 7th 2014 , the French Public Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat) ruled that in case of an invitation to tender, if the tender document is not completed by an electronic signature, the tender is irregular and is not to be taken into consideration by the awarding...
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Cloud computing: a step forward to a global legal framework

The French Association for Normalization (AFNOR) created the Digitalization Committee n°38 (CN38) four years ago. Olivier Colas (Microsoft CEO in France) presides the committee composed of cloud computing professionals, technical and regulation experts and academics. Its objective is to set...
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