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Tuesday, 17 October 2006
EU wants to stifle videobloggers

This is a very ominous development--not just for fledgling Internet video networks like 18 Doughty Street , Rocketboom, and Hot Air, but for any blogger who incorporates video into his/her site:

EU plans threaten new media development

European Union plans to regulate moving images that will threaten new services such as online games and mobile phone clips, Ofcom said on Wednesday.

The Office of Communications said the findings came from a study it commissioned into the possible impact of the planned EU rules being debated in the European Parliament and member states.

Many new media services were at the early stage of development and may locate or relocate outside the EU to avoid the new rules, Ofcom said.

The rules update existing EU legislation known as television without frontiers, as it was limited to traditional broadcasting.

As proposed, the rules would oversee the content of moving images no matter how they are distributed, such as TV over the Internet or on mobile phones, to ensure the protection of minors and stop incitement to hatred and other abuses. ...

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Posted by Bill Faith on October 17, 2006 at 04:01 PM | Permalink

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