http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/02/01/is-italy-the-next-china/ Surprisingly Free is the site of the Technology Policy Program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Here you'll find our blog and weekly podcast at the intersection of tech, policy, and economics. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:52:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/02/01/is-italy-the-next-china/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Massimiliano Trovato Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:53:35 +0000 http://surprisinglyfree.com/?p=920#comment-158 Thanks for the links, Claude. Very interesting! Thanks for the links, Claude. Very interesting!

]]> http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/02/01/is-italy-the-next-china/comment-page-1/#comment-155 claudealmansi Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:41:43 +0000 http://surprisinglyfree.com/?p=920#comment-155 Manlio Cammarata did a useful "synoptic view" of the law on multimedia services with, in red, the changes that Decree 169 / Romani would bring if it gets accepted: <a href="http://www.mcreporter.info/documenti/dlgv05_177b.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcreporter.info/documenti/dlgv05_177...</a> .<br>I also blogged about the decree, in particular about its negative effects on accessibility and education: <a href="http://etcjournal.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/online-multimedia-italian-imperialism/" rel="nofollow">http://etcjournal.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/onli...</a> . Apart from the damages to these fundamental fields, the decree's inclusiveness also leads to some grotesque absurdities, like the timetable limitation for violent and pornographic content, which cannot be applied to video on demand and/or online videos. Manlio Cammarata did a useful “synoptic view” of the law on multimedia services with, in red, the changes that Decree 169 / Romani would bring if it gets accepted: http://www.mcreporter.info/documenti/dlgv05_177... .
I also blogged about the decree, in particular about its negative effects on accessibility and education: http://etcjournal.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/onli... . Apart from the damages to these fundamental fields, the decree's inclusiveness also leads to some grotesque absurdities, like the timetable limitation for violent and pornographic content, which cannot be applied to video on demand and/or online videos.

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