Familles de France sues Linden Lab

French Court Rules in Favor of Linden Lab

by: Robin Linden

Monday, July 2nd, 2007 at 12:20 PM PDT

Official Linden Blog

"Linden Lab was recently the subject of a complaint brought to the French court by Familles de France who complained, among other things, about adult content in Second Life. Today the court dismissed the complaint.

"Continue further for the statement we released to the French press.

"Press release

"Paris, July 2nd, 2007

"Today the Paris court (Tribunal de Grande Instance) dismissed the complaint filed by the French association Familles de France against Linden Lab, holding that the evidence brought by the association was unduly biased and should be thrown out.....(more)"

Suit against Linden dismissed by French court

By Adam Reuters

Mon Jul 2, 2007 12:07pm PDT

Reuters/Second Life

"SECOND LIFE, July 2 (Reuters) - A court in Paris dismissed a complaint against Linden Lab on Tuesday that was filed by a French group opposed to adult content within the virtual world.......(more)"

Familles de France attaque en justice le monde virtuel en raison de ses contenus jugés sulfureux ? L'association entend verrouiller complètement l'accès au site.

Par Catherine MAUSSION

LIBERATION.FR

vendredi 1 juin 2007

http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/ecrans/257559.FR.php

"Familles de France attaque Second Life, et «à titre subsidiaire», la dizaine de fournisseurs d'accès français, porte d'accès depuis la France, au monde virtuel et à ses contenus jugés sulfureux. L'audience se tiendra au TGI de Paris le 18 juin prochain, suite à une assignation en référé. L'association vise l'éditeur et hébergeur du site, Linden Lab, à San Francisco. Méfiante, elle a pris soin d'assigner en second, les fournisseurs d'accès, au cas où l'Américain ne ferait pas le déplacement...." (more)

Families of France attacks in justice the virtual world because of its judged contents sulfurous association intends to lock the access to the site completely.

By Catherine MAUSSION

LIBERATION.FR:

Friday June 1, 2007

Google's translation of the above article

"Families of France attacks Second Life, and ?on a purely subsidiary basis?, ten suppliers of French access, carries access from France, in the virtual world and its contents considered to be sulfurous. The audience will be held with the TGI of Paris on June 18 next, following an assignment in summary procedure. Association aims at the editor and shelterer of the site, Linden Lab, in San Francisco. Being wary, it took care to assign as a second, the suppliers of access, if the American would not make displacement....."(more)