IP: EC Working On Internet Control Legislation

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

I love it!! 51% must originate in the EU.  Maybe all the countries should do
that -- sure cut down on international traffic. The Brusselgrates have lost
it (if they ever had it) djf


BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 1996 MAR 1 (NB) -- The European Commission (EC)
is working on a series of proposals that will impose controls on the
Internet, Newsbytes has learned. The pan-European controls being
designed aim to limit new multimedia services on the Internet, forcing
the "broadcasters" to ensure that the material they are handling is
legal and decent.


Perhaps more importantly, the proposals seek to impose the same
controls on Internet services as with general broadcast services,
such as TV transmissions. These controls mandate that 51 percent of
the "transmissions" originate from within the EC.


The extension of existing broadcast and transmission proposals
to embrace the Internet neatly sidesteps the problem of
starting a complete new set of laws relating to the
Internet. 


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