French Court Orders Blocking of US-Based Anti-Semitic Website

On April 20, a French court ordered Planet.com, a U.S. web-hosting company, to block any French access to an anti-Semitic website hosted on Planet's server. The site is AAARGH, an acronym in French for the Association of Veterans Fans of Stories About Wars and Holocausts. Today's BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report (subscription required) reports on this decision under France's Law on Confidence in the Digital Economy (Law 2004-575, June 21, 2004). The court's opinion in French is available online.