Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Tales from the Annals of French Exceptionalism

Band of Insiders

'Once again, Lévy claims that the rules of law do not apply to those with whom he dines:

"I hold it against the American judge who… pretended to take him for a subject of justice like any other."

Even more incredibly, he writes:

"I am troubled by a system of justice modestly termed ‘accusatory’, meaning that anyone can come along and accuse another fellow of any crime."

One wonders what system of justice Lévy would propose.'

France attempts to impose e-book prices on Apple, others

"I am happy, as we all must be tonight, that our gathering is prepared to vote definitively on what will be the first such law in the world for digital books—a pioneering text in our ever-changing world," said MP Hervé Gaymard last week as a joint parliamentary commission presented its final version of the bill text.

eG8

"In France, there are still people who maintain their criticism of this [three strikes authority HADOPI], who view it as a repressive body, whereas in actual fact it creates momentum from a pedagogical standpoint." (Minster of Culture)