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Hadopi Loses the Power of Subscriber Disconnection
The French government has decided that one of the tools used in its supposed "three-strikes" copyright enforcement law (commonly called Hadopi) is not necessary. Prior to the change one of the tools...
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Publicity Stunt to Promote GTA V Almost Gets Ugly
A publicity stunt by several Micromania employees in Montargis (a town south of Paris, France) to celebrate the launch of Grand Theft Auto V led to a frenzy of law enforcement agents who thought...
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France Reforms Tax Breaks for the Video Games Industry
According to a brief report in Tax News the French government is pushing to reform the country's video games tax credit (known as the CIJV). French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti, Budget Minister...
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Germany Proposes Building a European Communications Network to Better Protect...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her weekly podcast that she is proposing to other European nations - most notably France - to build their own communications network to help improve data...
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Quantic Dream Founder to Receive Legion of Honour Award
Quantic Dream founder David Cage will receive the French la Légion d'honneur aka the "Legion of Honour" award in a ceremony on March 13, according to Le Figaro. Cage is the first game developer to...
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Delaware Court Rules That Vivendi Can't Invoke French Law in Activision...
A Delaware Court has ruled that Vivendi cannot invoke a French law to avoid discovery in a lawsuit filed by shareholders over its stock deal with Activision. Activision announced on July 26, 2013, that...
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Help Save Little Worlds Studio
Lyon, France-based indie developer Little Worlds Studio said that it is "playing its last card" and "places its fate in the hands of the public" with the launch of an initiative to save the company...
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Former French Presidential Candidate Calls Assassin's Creed: Unity Propaganda
Left Party founder and former 2012 presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is not happy with Ubisoft's portrayal of historical characters and events related to the "French Revolution" in its latest...
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Report: EU member states try to kill off net neutrality protections
French rights group La Quadrature du Net is claiming that it has obtained a leaked copy of a "non-paper" on net neutrality written by the presidency of the Council of the EU that basically guts net...
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France makes changes to cultural tax breaks for games
The French government has let up on restrictions required to get a cultural tax break for the development of "18" rated games, GamesIndustry.biz reports. According to the report, the program has been...
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