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Two reports have been published in Sweden concerning the freedom of expression and the possible abuse of it. One of the reports proposes to apply the rules on freedom of expression also to the new media. It suggests that this freedom should cover all expressions, more generally referred to as "technical recordings". The other report deals with child pornography and it proposes that such pornography should be considered criminal offence. It is suggested that the Criminal Code should prohibit all production, transfer, licensing or showing of child pornography, as well as buying such material and...

A report report drafted by a Government appointed expert (utredningsman) has recently been published by the Swedish Ministry of Culture in which it is suggested that one public service channel from both Norway and Denmark be distributed by Swedish cable networks (in the USA referred to as cable systems) with must carry status, as currently SVT1, SVT2 and TV4 have. In Sweden 54% of the population have access to cable networks. Of the four main cable operators on the market, the Swedish telecom company, Telia , has the biggest number of subscribers. Danish TV can be seen by 12% of the Swedish population...

The Swedish Parliament has accepted the Government's proposal to increase the advertising limit on private commercial television, as laid down in the Radio and TV Act, during prime time. The amendment to the Act is the result of negotiations between the Government and TV4 on the status of the 16 local TV stations which broadcast under the licence and the editorial responsibility of TV4. On the basis of the Radio and TV Act, TV4 has been licensed by the Government as Swedens sole terrestrial private commercial TV channel. Until 1 January 1997 it was under the obligation to maintain editorial offices...

In its decision of May 20, 1996 (Case No. B 1442/95), the Göta Appeal Court ( Göta hovraett ) in Jönköping, Sweden, ruled on inter alia the interpretation of the term "child" ( barn ), "sexual violence or coercion" ( sexuellt vaeld eller tvaeng ) and "circulation" ( spridning ) in the context of the child pornography offence ( barnpornografibrott ) and the offence of unlawful depiction of violence ( olaga vaeldsskildring ), laid down in Chapter 16, 10a and 10b, respectively, of the Swedish Penal Code (BrB). The Court's decision was not appealed to the Swedish Supreme Court ( Högsta domstolen )....

other texts are available yet. TV4, the only terrestrial private commercial TV channel in Sweden and the Swedish Government agreed on a new broadcasting licence which took effect on 1 January 1997. The new licence is formulated as a permission to broadcast rather than an agreement between two equal parties as was the case before. The changes in substance as compared to the previous licence agreement are as follows: - The previous detailed quotas on programming have been abolished. The quotas have been replaced by less detailed obligations, such as the obligation to widen TV4's responsibility...