The European Commission proposal would require websites and mobile phone services that feature video images to conform to standards laid down in Brussels. Ministers fear that the directive would hit not only successful sites such as "YouTube" but also amateur "video bloggers" who post material on their own sites. Personal websites would have to be licensed as a "television-like service".
Sources:
Times Online, Technology
Slashdot, EU Considering Regulating Video Bloggers
The point with blogs and stuff like YouTube are free speech and the ability to say whatever you want the way you want it. It's really helpful in countries where the mainstream media is controlled by the government. So what the heck are these Europeans thinking of!? Can you imagine someone asking for a license in order to upload a home made video, or to publish a poem he wrote!?
Tags: EU, Law, Internet, Gr33n Data
when bahrein asked anyone to license their websites and blogs it was considered a most stupid policy and a most draconic policy designed to control free speech.
ReplyDeletenow the EU is proving that stupidity and the lust for power are truelly universal.