>Some might be interested by legal issues concerning ISP and their
>responsability torward site contents.
>IRIS is a french association member of GILC (Global Internet Liberty
>Campaign, http://www.gilc.org/) and the person who sent the mail below is
>IRIS's representant. Feel free to contact her directly, or the association
>(iris-contact at iris.sgdg.org) if you want more info.
>IRIS : Imaginons un Reseau Internet Solidaire (http://www.iris.sgdg.org/)
>>Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 11:55:57 +0200
>>From: Meryem Marzouki <meryem.marzouki at dial.oleane.com>
>>Subject: France - ISP liability : major developments
>>To: gilc-plan at gilc.org
>>Cc: bureau at iris.sgdg.org
>>Reply-To: gilc-plan at gilc.org
>>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>Sorry for having been silent for a long time. We were busy with very
>>important developments regarding ISP liability here in France.
>>The very good news is that the French national assembly has adopted two
>>amendments to the freedom of communication law. They were proposed by a
>>socialist deputy, a honorary member of Iris (Patrick Bloche).
>>
>>I'll be back to you with more details on that. But let me tell you that one
>>of the amendment says that ISPs cannot be made liable for any content
>>hosted by them or which they give public access if :
>>
>>1. They are not involved in the authoring of this content
>>2. They have taken appropriate measures to suppress the public access to
>>this content WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN INFORMED (or told to do so) BY THE JUSTICE
>>AUTHORITIES
>>
>>This is a victory, although this law now has to be voted by the senate (the
>>lower chamber), and then be examined again in a second reading by the
>>national assembly.
>>
>>I'm just back from a week spent in Germany, without reading my emails.
>>Thus, I've just heard what's going on in Australia. But I think that our
>>Australian partners, as well as all GILC partners can take advantage of
>>these very democratic advances in France.
>>
>>Those of you who can read French can have a look at our dossier on these
>>amendments : http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/loi-comm
>>I'll update the site this week-end. But, starting from now, I would like
>>that GILC put some efforts on translating the documents on this site into
>>English, with our help, since what's happening in France could be a very
>>strong arguments for all GILC partners to help them in their actions in
>>their respective countries.
>>
>>We should also use that to try to have this precision (ISP informed by
>>JUSTICE authorities) included in the EU directive on electronic commerce,
>>which has been adopted on May 8th by the EP. I don't know if the directive
>>has already been approved by the Council, and, if not yet adopted, I don't
>>know when it should be examined by the Council.
>>
>>If you have some capabilities in reading French and translating into
>>English, could you please identify yourself on this list, so as to set up a
>>working group of 3-4 people, including me, to have this translation made
>>and used ? Thanks. Someone also familiar with English law 'jargon' is
>>specially needed (e.g. Dave Banisar and/or David Sobel...)
>>
>>Meryem
>>
>>PS. Mark, and others : it's a very good idea to organize an NGO meeting in
>>October in Paris during next OECD meeting. I'll be back to you and/or to
>>the list on this matter. You can already be sure that IRIS will fully
>>participate in the organization : local arrangements, and more.
>>
>>--
>>Meryem Marzouki - Pages personnelles : http://asim.lip6.fr/~marzouki
>>IRIS - 294 rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France
>>Tel/Fax: +33(0)144749239 - http://www.iris.sgdg.org