French court decisions – IP and information technology cases

Juriscom.net and Le Forum des droits sur l’internet provide timely access to full-text or synopses of information technology, Internet and IP law decisions from French (and occasionally Belgium) courts, including courts of first instance, courts of appeals and the Court of CassationLe forum des droits sur l’internet adds keywords to all decisions, thereby facilitating subject access to the case law. Both sites also offer news reports and articles.  All materials are available in French only. Merci beaucoup to our friends in France for making this case law available to us free of charge.

Juriscom.net                                                                                                                   http://www.juriscom.net/

Le Forum des droits sur l’internet                            http://www.foruminternet.org/ Click on “veille juridique” to find the court decisions.

OpenAustralia.org goes live

Our alumnus Matt Asay’s blog The Open Road is a blog that matters to us and yesterday he added an item of special interest:  Open Sourcing Australia:  OpenAustralia.org goes live.

It seems reasonable to suggest that no nation should cede its sovereignty to any private, commercial interest. . . .

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Larry Lessig argues that “code is law,” meaning that the very software we use to construct the Internet, intranets, etc. has a powerful effect on what is actually possible through these communication media.. . .

It is therefore important that Australia opted for open-source software in capturing the mind and history of its parliament. This is what sovereign nations do. Or, at least, it’s what they should do.

 

I just took a look at the Australian site.  It is a model.  I was impressed by everything and thought that this current awareness service was especially impressive:

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