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Whatever you might have thought of his policies, Nicolas Sarkozy probably had more impact on European copyright policy than any other EU ...

Nicolas Sarkozy, who hopes to be re-elected as French President this year, seems to have little love for the Internet. At best, he regard...

Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, has the sad distinction of being in the vanguard when it comes to really bad ideas concerning th...

Earlier this week Techdirt reported on the surprisingly forthright statements of Neelie Kroes concerning the failure of the copyright syst...

Curious stuff coming out of France: “By defending copyright I do not just defend artistic creation, I also defend my idea of a free society...

One of the things I have been unable to understand is why the French, well known for their love of liberté, égalité, fraternité and all tha...

What a travesty of democracy: Alors que le vote n'était pas prévu avant la semaine prochaine, les quelques députés présents à l'hém...

Hm, looks like bad news from the Czech Republic: Die tschechische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft hat sich für die kommenden sechs Monate auch auf d...

There's nothing like a mature, balanced view of the world: 2009, Go China! Lead: Snowstorm, freely falling down to earth, like western v...

Wow. I was convinced that the meeting of EU culture ministers yesterday was going to end badly; I was wrong - and I take my virtual hat of...

“They order, said I, this matter better in France.” So wrote Laurence Sterne in his 1768 book A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy...

What on earth have the French got against the Internet? First the "three strikes and you're out", and now this : The Soviet In...

...that Sarkozy chap : Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday that he faxed on Friday evening to the President of the Commission (news piece in...

So the music and film industries want to follow Sarko's daft plan: People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from t...

You can't help wondering whether Sarkozy's chanteuse missus had something to do with this one : Taking a position contrary to that o...

When the Gowers review of copyright in the UK came out I was ambivalent : there was some good things, but also areas that were potentially p...