Update From the IRC channel today oct 18 17:05:04 PET 2011 :

(15:43) <   ThomasV> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41317.msg581047#msg581047
(15:43) <     Title> [ Bitcoin in France: first legal decision directly related to Bitcoin? ]
(15:48) <@MagicalTu> ThomasV: the hearing has been postponed
(15:48) <@MagicalTu> waiting for the european level decision
<@MagicalTu> on the "bitcoin exchange" activity itself
(15:49) <   ThomasV> any news release?
(15:49) <@MagicalTu> later this week
(15:49) <   ThomasV> when did you get notified that it was postponed?
(15:49) <@MagicalTu> we need to receive the postal copy of the hearing this time, and
                     have our lawyers make sure we didn't misunderstood anything
(15:50) <@MagicalTu> because we had people there
(16:34) <@MagicalTu> [22:54:47] MagicalTux: what kind of decision are they  supposed to take? I mean, they cannot outlaw bitcoin without passing new laws <- they may outlaw the fact of handling bitcoins without being a bank
(16:37) <@MagicalTu> if bitcoin is ruled being a currency, it means running your bitcoin client at home equivalents of running a bank at home
(16:37) <@MagicalTu> and mining bitcoin could be seen as printing money
(16:38) <@MagicalTu> the bank in front brought prints of bitcoin.org showing that bitcoin "is a currency"
(16:38) <@MagicalTu> and other things
(16:40) <@MagicalTu> this is unlikely to happen
(16:40) <   ThomasV> why unlikely?
(16:40) <@MagicalTu> because the way a currency is defined is not how bitcoin works
(16:41) <@MagicalTu> so even if the creator & supporters labels it as a currency, it may be ruled as not being one
(16:41) <@MagicalTu> and at this point we definitely don't want bitcoin to be seen as a currency