Resumen de France: : Combating piracy: French audiovisual groups appeal to Facebook and Twitter
On 6 May 2015, the audiovisual groups TF1, Canal +, M6 and France Télévisions, as well as the Association de Lutte contre la Piraterie Audiovisuelle (association to combat audiovisual piracy - ALPA) sent a letter to the CEO’s of Facebook and Twitter pointing out the need to introduce filtering mechanisms and steps to combat piracy on their sites. Copies were also sent to Minister for Culture, Fleur Pellerin. The representatives of the main French editors and producers of audiovisual and cinematographic works said they were alarmed by the new functions set up by both Facebook (368 million videos viewed by French Internet users) and Twitter (6.5 million active users in France) allowing users to put video content online. According to the signatories, these new functions will “inevitably lead to an increase in the number of videos put online unlawfully, particularly those infringing copyright on audiovisual and cinematographic works and television programmes”.
