Tag archive: French

Filmmakers are nothing if not creative. Video games like Halo and The Sims have been used to make short movies and clips for  years (a technique called machinima), but a French filmmaker has taken it a step further. Using nothing but Grand Theft Auto 4, Mathieu Weschler has created an 88 minute long feature called The Trashmaster. The film took him two years to create and is based on his own screenplay. We're still in the middle of… Read More

Last month the French National Assembly rejected a bill that would see illegal file sharers cut off from the Net after being caught three times. Yesterday, in a 296-233 vote, they passed it, making President Nicolas Sarkozy, a firm advocate of the legislation, a happy man. The Creation and Internet bill, as it’s known, will now go to a vote in the French Senate today. Setting a harsh global precedent, the bill would see persistent… Read More

The French Senate has overwhelmingly (297-15) voted in favor of a law that would penalize persistent illegal file sharers by severing their net connection after two e-mail warnings. The proposal is now heading to the French National Assembly for approval, the BBC reports. In November 2007, when the law was first mooted, President Nicolas Sarkozy called it “a decisive moment for the future of a civilized Internet.” French ISPs… Read More