Olivier Martinez is THE buzz of the moment in France, he is quikly becoming France’s most unpopular celebrity. Just like Chris, everybody hates him, and he really deserves it.
Putting on trial a small Digg-like was a very very bad idea, simply because it was founded by a widly popular blogger, and because many powerfull media […]
J’aime pas Olivier Martinez
A Black Day for France’s Web
Fuzz.fr got sentenced to a $1500 fine today because one of its UGC contained some gossip about Olivier Martinez…
Pretty amazing.
Basically, this means two things:
First of all, launching a startup in France is now impossible, if you rely either on UGC or RSS republishing/aggregating, you will end up on trial. So basically, unless your startup is […]
From $3 to $10 in 5 years
Considering Euro’s valuation these day, and the incredible price increase in France these last month, this is what we’re to actualy: 6.20€ for a coffee and some bread and butter, what you see is what you get. No more, no less.
Five years ago, this would have cost half the price (approximately 3.5 euros), but prices […]
Web War 2.0
Things are going crazy in France right now, these last days, several startups have been put on trial, either because they do RSS aggregation (Fuzz.fr and many many more) or because they do UGC and ratings (Justeacote.com, Note2be…).
Most RSS aggregation website sued are in trouble because they have displayed a feed coming from a popular […]
Update: French war against RSS really strarted
After Fuzz, LesPipoles and Crossfeeds, it seems now that a large number of french website are going into legal trouble. Even small local websites are being sued because of a content they displayed with an RSS javascript or a widget.
The French situation (last week local elections were a disaster for the French President), is kinda […]
So long for french…
As some of you noticed, post on this blog used to be either in french or in English. Recently, I definitely switch to English. Many reasons for that.
First of all, I don’t have that many opportunities to write in English, and my English writing skills, as you may notice if it’s you native language, are […]
Crossfeeds closes to prevent legal troubles
Little known french startup Crossfeeds just closed to prevent any legal problem affecting many rss based startups in France these last days…
Is Web 2.0 in France is coming to an end?
French legal system puts yet-another-startup to the deadpool
This time, it’s about user generated content!
Fuzz.fr, funded by Eric Dupin, a famous french power blogger, is about to be killed by the french legal system. Its owner has shut down the website, scared by a legal threat asking him for 40,000€ (approximately $60k) because of a rumor posted by one of Fuzz’s users (see […]
It’s official: internet ventures are not welcome in France
Setting up a startup in France, until recently, was a bit like gardening in the desert, but recently, things got worse, it’s a bit like… How can I tell you… Selling porn in Afghanistan… Dangerous.
In France, like in Germany, many startups are me-too projects, simple cut-n-paste from successful US ventures. Recently, two got into serious […]
