Posted on 01/17/2010 2:39:54 PM PST by FromLori
New rules to be introduced by government decree will require people who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorization from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web, opposition lawmakers have warned.
The decree is ostensibly an enactment of a European Union (EU) directive on product placement and is due to go into effect at the end of January after being subjected to a nonbinding appraisal by parliament.
On Thursday opposition lawmakers held a press conference in parliament to denounce the new rules -- which require government authorization for the uploading of videos, give individuals who claim to have been defamed a right of reply and prevent the replay of copyright material -- as a threat to freedom of expression.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestandard.com ...
Product Placement... I think they have used this reason to threaten regulations on the “Mommy Blogs” didn’t they?
call for brown ...
They can’t do squat about Youtube and other offshore services.
Which is the reason this ruling/law will be widely ignored.
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