Archive for the ‘Law’ Category

Fake bloggers in the stocks

Monday, February 12th, 2007Hotels, restaurants and online shops that post glowing reviews about themselves under false identities could face criminal prosecution under new rules that come into force next year.Businesses which write fake blog entries or create whole wesbites purporting to be ...

You are jokin’ me?

Thursday, December 14th, 2006Players and creators of video games could face imprisonment for acts of virtual violence under draft legislation being drawn up by two of Germany's state governments.Politicians in Bavaria and Lower Saxony have proposed a new offence that will punish ...

Video online and networked

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Light hearted, insightful, usefulForcing media to changeI love change. It's sometimes frustrating, but it's a fact of life in business - change or die. With lots of young, talented, caffeine-filled programmers cranking out daily updates, the landscape has changed ...

The battle of Lafayette – the battle for the right of access

Saturday, October 21st, 2006Way back in time we reported on Do we want all roads across cyberspace to be private toll roads?Its the story of the city of Philadelphia wanting to install its own high speed internet infrastructure. Listen to Dinanah Neff ...

Mammothism – the FCC and greed

Saturday, October 21st, 2006Whats the news for? Good question. Well in the US apparently its to drive profits for the big media companies vs. reporting anything worth listening too.In Studies Note Media Consolidation As Debate On The Issue Intensifies(Thursday, October 19) ...

Dialogue – Democracy and Genocide

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006Referencing the post  Locking down culture and freedom of speech[caption id="attachment_3089" align="alignleft" width="195" caption="Srebrenica female hung on tree"][/caption]I came across an article I had saved, because [1]. It made a huge impact on me [2]. I knew exactly where I ...

Locking down culture and freedom of speech

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Henry Porter wrote a powerful treatise on the importance of protecting free speech in todays seemingly unsympathetic world in The enemies of free speech are everywhereHe references the flexing of influence on French diplomats in the US over ...

The people formerly known as the audience voice their protest at further media consolidation in the US

Friday, October 13th, 2006Last week's FCC hearing in Los Angeles was an extraordinary moment in U.S. media history. People came out in overwhelming numbers to tell the Federal Communications Commission that Americans want to turn back the tide of media consolidation.Nearly 1,000 ...

I want YouTube, everyone wants YouTube

Saturday, October 7th, 2006The value in the cheese is in the holes is an old Dutch sayingAnd we are at the beginning, not the end of the journey into the networked society.Which is why YouTube has received a "flurry" like snow, of offers ...

BT goes to Hollywood with universal deal

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006BT's television arm, BT Vision, is set to unveil a groundbreaking deal with leading Hollywood studio Universal films. It will allow the telecoms company to make Universal's films available over its new TV service when it launches later this ...

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