Tech Firms, Don't Fence Us In

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 18, 2006 @11:36PM from the drawling-the-regulatory-battle-lines dept.

Vitaly Friedman writes "A proposed broadcasting law by the European Commission that would regulate emerging media formats in the same way as traditional broadcasting companies draws fire from the companies who say they will be hurt by a one-size-fits-all mentality. From the article 'An alliance of companies, including ITV, Yahoo, Vodafone, Intel and Cisco Systems, warned that a European Commission proposal to impose rules for traditional broadcasters on new media providers could have "unintended consequences" and hurt investment.'"

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Let's remove the fences of connectivity... by Ze+Emperor · 2006-04-18 23:46 · Score: 1, Funny

... to make sure that no signal crosses the French-German border!
1. Re:Let's remove the fences of connectivity... by Patrik_AKA_RedX · 2006-04-19 00:21 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  The French-German border is called Belgium you insensitive clod!
Re:Link with better reporting of the story. by Jaruzel · 2006-04-18 23:51 · Score: 2, Funny

Tsk. I read and re-read your comment, but I STILL can't see the words 'frist p0st!' in it anywhere... ;)

-Jar.

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