Thinking of youtube -
"EU to regulate video blogs?"
A new European Commission proposal would require Web sites and mobile phone services that feature video images to conform to standards set by that body, the Times of London reports. ...
Shaun Woodward, the U.K. broadcasting minister, described the draft proposal as catastrophic, saying it could end up forcing someone to get a license to post videos of an amateur rugby team.
(CNet Blogma, Oct. 18). And here's the Times Online:
Personal websites would have to be licensed as a “television-like service”.
Viviane Reding, the Media Commissioner, argues that the purpose is simply to set minimum standards on areas such as advertising, hate speech and the protection of children.
(Adam Sherwin, "Amateur 'video bloggers' under threat from EU broadcast rules", Times Online, Oct. 17). However, there are some indications that the EU bureaucracy itself intends a less sweeping definition of the law's application than that: Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, Oct. 18.
Posted by Walter Olson on October 19, 2006 09:44 AM
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