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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As far as I understand by JanneM · 2006-04-18 23:41 · Score: 4, Insightful

As far as I understand it, the proposed rules simply say that any advertising, hate speech or other content rules already applied today for other media in Europe would apply for the same media when online. Where's the problem?

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