Let the culture battle begin. French culture minister seeks to enlist the other G7 nations to join it in battling homogenization of national cultures; proposes extension of the strict rules it has already adopted protecting film, television and publishing industries against dominance by U.S. material. The Globe and Mail By the way, France imposes a $100-per-television-set tax on all viewers to pay for public programming. Imagine such a proposal to fund PBS in the U.S.!