Comments on: Freedom is fickle: the national disgrace of press freedom, or the lack there of http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/ blogging is not a spectator sport Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:07:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Green http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/comment-page-1/#comment-136558 Green Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:02:42 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/#comment-136558 Hi Sam! Photos i send on e-mail. Green Hi Sam! Photos i send on e-mail.
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]]> By: duncan http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/comment-page-1/#comment-39047 duncan Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:01:58 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/#comment-39047 http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/06/036233 for streaming video, but I also recall earlier than this the government talking about licensing online video in the same way as TV stations are licensed: the theory went that both a broadcasters. I cant find a direct link but in this: http://www.refused-classification.com/internet_06-05to05.htm there's Coonan talking about the Government considering licensing online video: <blockquote> Going forward, it is our clear objective to regulate as little as possible anything that is a general internet stream or service. The rationale behind wanting to think about licensing was really to make sure that consumers had?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ¬ùand I think consumers would want this?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ¬ùa level of confidence and comfort in the government having at least some kind of potential ability to supervise if somebody wanted to set up, for instance, a pornography television channel or a terrorist training television channel. </blockquote> So maybe I jumped the gun a little bit, they were thinking about it, and given all the ho-ha with the recent media changes with any luck they've either forgotten about it, or dropped it as an idea altogether (touch wood) :-) http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/06/036233
for streaming video, but I also recall earlier than this the government talking about licensing online video in the same way as TV stations are licensed: the theory went that both a broadcasters. I cant find a direct link but in this:
http://www.refused-classification.com/internet_06-05to05.htm
there’s Coonan talking about the Government considering licensing online video:

Going forward, it is our clear objective to regulate as little as possible anything that is a general internet stream or service. The rationale behind wanting to think about licensing was really to make sure that consumers had?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ¬ùand I think consumers would want this?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ¬ùa level of confidence and comfort in the government having at least some kind of potential ability to supervise if somebody wanted to set up, for instance, a pornography television channel or a terrorist training television channel.

So maybe I jumped the gun a little bit, they were thinking about it, and given all the ho-ha with the recent media changes with any luck they’ve either forgotten about it, or dropped it as an idea altogether (touch wood) :-)

]]> By: Mr Angry http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/comment-page-1/#comment-39045 Mr Angry Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:32:04 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/#comment-39045 Duncan, do you have any more info on the prospect of vloggers needing to be licensed? I hadn't heard about that. Duncan, do you have any more info on the prospect of vloggers needing to be licensed? I hadn’t heard about that.

]]> By: Paull Young http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/comment-page-1/#comment-38839 Paull Young Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:47:33 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/25/freedom-is-fickle-the-national-disgrace-of-press-freedom-or-the-lack-there-of/#comment-38839 Well said Duncan. It is a disgrace, and we really should be happy with nothing but first place on this list. Well said Duncan.

It is a disgrace, and we really should be happy with nothing but first place on this list.

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