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France

In 2008 when this website was first set up and I was in  researching my PhD, a policy initiative in France on copyright enforcement found its way into a draft EU law on telecoms. It seemed like an odd move, but it is isn't when one understands the measures that were being proposed.

This was the very first political battle over online content, the first of many to come. The substantive debate moved on, the measures evolved, but the underlying arguments remain much the same.  In this regard, I like to think that I have written the back story to todays debates over tackling all kinds of content on online platforms. From terrorism to sexual abuse, harassment, eating disorders, violence against women, suicide - there is now a very long list of content types that are put forward for policy intervention. The measures proposed will use technology in ways that engage - and very likely put at risk - human rights.

So this section is the blog that I wrote from 2008. It mostly addresses the Creation and Internet law, also known as the Hadopi law. 

It is also written up in my books and if you are a student looking for a citation, you should reference them. They are in many university libraries: A Copyright Masquerade: How Corporate Lobbying Threatens Online Freedoms and The Copyright Enforcement Enigma

You may also like my book The Closing of the Net  which positions the story of the Hadopi law in the wider policy context. 

About Iptegrity

Iptegrity.com is the website of Dr Monica Horten, independent policy advisor: online safety, technology and human rights. Advocating to protect the rights of the majority of law abiding citizens online. Independent expert on the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users.  Published author, and post-doctoral scholar, with a PhD from the University of Westminster, and a DipM from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.  Former telecoms journalist,  experienced panelist and Chair, cited in the media eg  BBC, iNews, Times, Guardian and Politico.

Politics & copyright

A Copyright Masquerade: How Corporate Lobbying Threatens Online Freedoms

'timely and provocative' Entertainment Law Review