EU to ban blogs | 50 comments (50 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Now this is interesting:

Motion for a resolution
C. whereas the unrestricted concentration
of ownership might jeopardise pluralism
and cultural diversity and whereas in
certain markets it is approaching a limit
whereby pluralism will no longer be
automatically guaranteed by free market
competition,
Amendment
C. whereas experience shows that the
unrestricted concentration of ownership
jeopardises pluralism and cultural diversity
and whereas a system purely based on free
market competition alone is not able to
guarantee media pluralism,

A few of these around 24, described as 'fallen.'

Good news: Someone is fighting our corner
Bad news: They're not winning.

Even so - getting this into the minutes has to count for something.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jun 26th, 2008 at 04:02:43 PM EST
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Re: EU to ban blogs (4.00 / 2)

Reading these pdfs is an insight into an arcane process.

I imagine that - with the enormous amount of written documentation - that sometimes legislation emerges that has been beaten into submission in earlier committees, and bubbles on upwards to the surface of voting as 'accepted wisdom' without the original opposing arguments ever being reconsidered.

I can't decide whether this carefully designed process can be gamed or not.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jun 26th, 2008 at 04:21:33 PM EST
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EU to ban blogs | 50 comments (50 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)