Well, we all know that there are a lot of people in
the French cultural industries — as well as the government — who strongly disapprove of Amazon.
Not exact matches
Enterprising Culture is an international meeting that will provide opportunities for unique discussions and exchanges between Canadian and
French stakeholders and startups from the
cultural, creative and media
industries.
While such differences do not seem unsolvable, one major controversy has erupted preceding the first round of negotiations in July, when the
French government, supported by several other member states, insisted on a «
cultural exception»: The audiovisual sector, i.e. the film and music
industries, should be excluded from free trade negotiations.
Examples of project themes range from a comparison of
French and American schools to a discussion of an environmental issue facing your region or the state; from sharing
cultural information (e.g. tourism, history, visual and performing arts) to comparing geography and related
industries in Maine and the Pays de la Loire; from sharing information about students» families and / or friends to creating stories or plays together in
French and English.
-- One of the recommendations made to
French president François Hollande in response to his questions about funding the country's
cultural activities involved taxing smart phones, tablets, and other internet accessible devices, newer distributors of
cultural content that have skirted France's «
cultural exception» policy, which taxes cinemas, radio, and TV stations in order to prevent a «globalizing influence of [the] entertainment
industry.»
In projects for Burton's clientele (
French Vogue, Cocky Boys, Tom Ford, Wrangler Europe, Vogue Hommes International, Naughty America, Colt Studio Group, Yves Saint Laurent, The New York Times, Hustler, Domus, Kris Van Assche, Vanity Fair, and Fantastic Man), he often acknowledges the
cultural industries and their environments as a set (literally at times by shooting through its constructions as such), and his access to
cultural producers and pop icons.