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The Radio and Television Act 1988 (section 10 subsection 3) prohibits advertisements directed towards any religious or political end, or related to an industrial dispute. In a recent decision, the Irish High Court upheld the refusal of the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) to permit a number of independent radio stations to broadcast an advertisement by "Youth Defence". "Youth Defence" is an organisation which tries to inform the public concerning issues about abortion and to ensure the protection of the unborn child. (The life of the unborn child is constitutionally protected...

On 9 September 1998 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a protocol amending the European Convention on Transfrontier Television of 1989 which aims to enhance the free exchange of information and ideas by providing a legal framework with commonly-agreed basic standards for the free circulation of transfrontier television programmes in Europe. After last year's substantial revision of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive of the European Communities, it had become necessary to re-align the Convention with the European directive and develop a coherent approach to transfrontier...

In its judgment of 29 April 1998, the Düsseldorf District Court dismissed an action by the owner of a page on the World Wide Web. The plaintiff complained that, when a link on the defendant's page was called up, its own page was displayed in such a way that the defendant's navigation elements continued to be visible (inlinelinking) and petitioned for a restraining order on the display of its own page in a frame of the defendant's page. A copy of the plaintiff's pages submitted to the Court portrayed various gluepots and a stylised, coloured shower cubicle. As to the facts of the case, the plaintiff...

Under Section 7, para. 3 of the Agreement between the Federal States on Broadcasting ( Rundfunkstaatsvertrag - RFStV), television advertising must, using visual means, be clearly separated from other parts of the programme. For private television establishments this regulation is amplified by extensive provisions from the guidelines of the regional media authorities. With the introduction of new advertising formats, the problem of unambiguously identifying television advertising and separating it from the rest of the programme has become a very topical issue. The news broadcaster n-tv has, on...

On 22 July 1998, after a co-operation agreement with the Italian Ministry for Communication was finalised and its internal regulations and code of ethics issued ( see Gazz. Uff. no. 169 of 22 July 1998), the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) became fully operational. Established under the Law of 31 July 1997, no. 249, the AGCOM (see IRIS 1997-8:10) is the independent Italian regulatory authority responsible for the telecommunications, radio, television, and publishing sectors. It is headed by a President, appointed by the President of the Council of Ministers, and is organised...