Google - The French Disconnection

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The French Disconnection

The French Disconnection 03/16/2003 10:57 AM
The Internet search engine Google provides another gauge of America's unhappiness with France: On it, a search for "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" turns up ...

Poor being hurt by disconnection

Poor being hurt by disconnection 06/22/2004 01:22 AM
Disconnections by energy suppliers are hitting the most vulnerable, a consumer watchdog is due to tell MPs.

Disconnection threat for 999 hoaxers

Disconnection threat for 999 hoaxers 01/24/2004 06:57 AM
People who make hoax 999 calls could have their phones disconnected as part of a campaign led by Staffordshire Fire Service.

Google falls to the French

Google falls to the French 03/22/2005 05:01 PM
Pcw.co.uk - Tue Mar 22, 11:11 am GMT

French Response to Google is Microsoft

French Response to Google is Microsoft 03/26/2005 06:57 PM
Slashdot Mar 26 2005 11:06PM GMT

Google Loses French Appeal

Google Loses French Appeal 03/17/2005 02:32 AM
"Internet search engine Google has lost its appeal against a court ruling over trademark infringement brought about by two French travel companies"

French Lawsuit Challenges Google (AP)

French Lawsuit Challenges Google (AP) 04/25/2004 03:20 PM
AP - AXA, the world's No. 3 insurer, is taking Google Inc. to court next month in the latest trademark challenge to threaten the heart of Google's business model — advertising.

French Lawsuit Challenges Google

French Lawsuit Challenges Google 04/25/2004 04:39 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Apr 25 2004 8:09PM GMT

French Version of Google Toolbar 3

French Version of Google Toolbar 3 04/02/2005 12:49 AM
WebProNews Apr 2 2005 4:53AM GMT

AFP French News Wire Sues Google

AFP French News Wire Sues Google 03/22/2005 04:24 PM
Agence France Presse announced Friday that it was suing Google in order to stop it from using AFP material on its Google News site, and is asking for damages of $17.5 million. AFP maintains that Google never got permission from the wire service to link or display its stories or pictures.

Google loses French court appeal

Google loses French court appeal 03/17/2005 03:39 AM
Search site Google loses an appeal in a trademark infringement case brought by two French travel firms.

Google Under Fire from French News
Agency

Google Under Fire from French News
Agency 03/22/2005 09:50 PM
Google is being sued for $17.5 million by Agence France Presse (AFP) for posting copyrighted articles and photos, allegedly without paying royalties.

Google Loses Second French Trademark
Ruling

Google Loses Second French Trademark
Ruling 02/05/2005 09:41 PM
"The court ordered Google to pay EU100,000 for "counterfeit acts" and another EU100,000 for "unfair competition and false advertisements""

Google Loses Second French Trademark
Lawsuit

Google Loses Second French Trademark
Lawsuit 02/05/2005 09:48 PM
Coming just weeks after a French court seemed to misunderstand the purpose of trademarks a second French court has ruled that Google cannot sell ads based on trademarked keywords. This time, the case was brought by Louis Vuitton Malletier. Here, the argument appears to make a bit more sense on its face, as it wasn't competitors that LVM was worried about, but counterfeiters selling products to people who searched on the Louis Vuitton name. Except... that's wrong. Louis Vuitton Malletier should be going after the counterfeiters, not Google. The counterfeiters are the ones who are breaking trademark law by advertising products that aren't actually Louis Vuitton. So, why is Google involved at all? They're just offering the platform by which these ads are placed and shouldn't be responsible at all for the content of those ads. Furthermore, as long as the ads aren't confusing buyers about the nature of the products, then there's no reason for it to be trademark infringement. It's just in cases where there is confusion -- and then it's the company doing the confusing that should be taken to court.

Google loses French trademark appeal

Google loses French trademark appeal 03/17/2005 03:55 AM

French To Provide Alternative To Google
Library Project

French To Provide Alternative To Google
Library Project 03/17/2005 03:49 AM
Addict3d.org Mar 17 2005 7:48AM GMT

French agency sues Google for online
stories

French agency sues Google for online
stories 03/23/2005 04:52 AM
Houston Chronicle Mar 23 2005 9:01AM GMT

Brin: Google In French Legal Flap Amid
IPO Rumors

Brin: Google In French Legal Flap Amid
IPO Rumors 04/26/2004 03:46 PM
Forbes Apr 26 2004 8:13PM GMT

Leading French librarian calls for
European counter to Google

Leading French librarian calls for
European counter to Google 03/19/2005 02:55 AM

The head librarian of the Bibliothèque nationale de France has called for a European digitization project to counter or balance Google. Jean-Noël Jeanneney critized Google for cultural bias :

the criteria of choice will be heavily influenced -- even if we contribute ourselves, uncomplainingly, to the riches of this project -- by a point of view which is Anglo-Saxon, with its specific approach to the diversities of human civilization.

(thanks to Steven Kaye )

AXA takes Google AdWords to French Court
over Trademarked Terms

AXA takes Google AdWords to French Court
over Trademarked Terms 04/27/2004 08:08 PM
Search Engine Journal Apr 28 2004 0:30AM GMT

French news agency sues Google for
excerpting stories

French news agency sues Google for
excerpting stories 03/25/2005 11:13 PM
First Amendment Center Mar 26 2005 3:39AM GMT

"French investigators questioned seven
men pointed out by U.S. intelligence but
found no evidence they planned to use a
Los Angeles-bound jet to launch terror
attacks against the United States,
French authorities said Thursday"

"French investigators questioned seven
men pointed out by U.S. intelligence but
found no evidence they planned to use a
Los Angeles-bound jet to launch terror
attacks against the United States,
French authorities said Thursday" 12/26/2003 09:03 PM

Soon to be even more French

Soon to be even more French 04/04/2005 08:32 AM
That thumbnail to the right is a photo of my new (er, I should say nouveau) carte d'etudiant! That's right, it's back to school for me, and starting tomorrow I will begin to study French formally so that I'll no longer have to stammer sentences like, "I look for a phone card not to put in the phone but to press the numbers on the phone to use" or "the moon, like the moon and the earth and the plane -- the Space Shuttle -- that goes there, to the space." Of course, the idea of actually speaking French properly, rather than concocting it through an assemblage of words and the application of Spanish grammar rules, saddens me a bit. I rather enjoyed walking into the pharmacy this morning (to combat my Camilla hair) with my request, "I look for the thing for the hair whose name I do not know, but it is like this," whereupon I slide two fingers into my hair to mimic a bobby pin holding it in place, "and it is not called barrette." I triumphed again! The monsieur directed me to the magasin Claire, an accessories store, where I purchased said chose.

French Horn

French Horn 02/10/2004 04:13 PM
F rench horny — or — a man in a tricked out orange jumpsuit. [Windows Media]

Zap French Juice

Zap French Juice 12/30/2003 12:05 AM
"Zap gets French-language attention from Paris." (5 words - posted by peter@rukavina.net) 2 replies

RSS Intro in French

RSS Intro in French 01/11/2004 12:25 PM
Introduction à RSS en Français....

State of French Wi-Fi

State of French Wi-Fi 12/17/2003 02:28 PM
Interview with French Wi-Fi expert (in French): Eric Montagne discusses security, wardriving, and French regulation of unlicensed spectrum. [via Thomas Gee]...

I'm starting to like the French - more

I'm starting to like the French - more 05/23/2004 03:19 PM
Anti-Bush film wins Cannes prize, in France, of course.

Anti-Bush film wins Cannes prize, in France, of course.

Via BBC News: Michael Moore's controversial anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes, with a 15-minute standing ovation.

There are scenes from the movie here.

Not only do the French went against Bush during the War in Iraq, now they make Anti-Bush films win in Cannes... I wonder if I will be allowed to enter the US next time...[Loic Le Meur Blog]

Loic is one of teh nicest Frenchman I have ever met.  I told JY -when I met him at the Technorati devcon - my story of getting warm Coke in Cannes - and why I didn't understand the French.

"If I want my Coke cold - and I am the customer - then I should get it!"

But now that the French are doing all the right things - I may have to live with my warm Coke.  NOTE:  Actually I am trying to ween myself of my Coke addiction.  JUST SAY NO TO CARBS!

French Fry Freak-Out

French Fry Freak-Out 04/09/2004 10:29 PM
techtv Apr 10 2004 2:18AM GMT

French MPs set to ban headscarves

French MPs set to ban headscarves 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
France's parliament is to vote on a law banning the Islamic headscarf and other religious symbols from state schools.

For the French speakers

For the French speakers 04/17/2005 06:52 PM
Here's one for my foodie French-speaking soon-to-be-or-already-are-in-France friends: Les 100 meilleurs bistrots à moins de 30 €. Note: The link points to ones in Paris, see the sidebar for those outside the Île-de-France. For the non-French speakers out there, it's a list of "The 100 best 30 € and under bistros." I've been to two on the Paris list so far this visit: L'Ami Marcel (which was mentioned in the April 2005 Gourmet article "The Bistro Boom"); and L'Epi Dupin. Both were very good and I'd recommend either for a lovely meal. And see, if I were less lazy, I would have written posts about eating there! As penance, if my dinning companions post about the meals, I promise to make the appropriate links.

french roast

french roast 06/02/2004 11:42 AM
Anne and I have to get up at 4am on Sunday for the marathon, so all this week, we're trying to reset our internal body clocks (notice I didn't say 'circadian rhythm') a little bit earlier than normal,(so we're not in a stupor at the starting line) by getting up earlier, and walking first thing.

Oh man, it's hard. It was harder to get up this morning and walk three miles than it was to walk 13 miles on the weekend . . . but we're doing it, and it feels very good to tell myself, "Look, man, you made a commitment to this marathon, and to Kris, and to Anne, and to everyone who has supported you. Get your fat lazy ass out of bed and walk."

U.S. seeks help from French

U.S. seeks help from French 04/09/2004 04:03 PM

Learn French too

Learn French too 04/06/2005 03:41 PM
Just because you're not here in Paris with me doesn't mean you can't join along from home. You too can learn all the French you need to know from About.com's Learn French - Lessons and Classes. C'est super!

French call for SMS boycott

French call for SMS boycott 05/12/2004 05:39 AM
Europe in Brief Too expensive by half

I watched Shrek in French

I watched Shrek in French 03/14/2003 02:14 PM
I didn't blog yesterday. Oh my god, it is the end of the world. ;). I actually did blog, but...

French translation for FeedDemon 1.5

French translation for FeedDemon 1.5 03/14/2005 06:24 PM

An anonymous FeedDemon user just sent me a French translation for the new FeedD emon 1.5. If you're viewing this in FeedDemon, simply c lick this link to download and install the French language file.

Note: My understanding is that this translation contains a few mistakes, but they're minor ones which won't affect FeedDemon's usage.

For iTunes, it pays to be French

For iTunes, it pays to be French 09/15/2004 11:06 AM
Consumers group says Apple's iTunes overcharges British users, when compared with what it charges French and German buyers.

French PM wants new Cannes talks

French PM wants new Cannes talks 05/11/2004 05:10 AM
France's prime minister wants fresh talks with striking arts workers over fears the Cannes Film Festival could be disrupted.
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