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On 3 October 2008, the Council of Europe published two sets of guidelines aiming to encourage respect and to promote privacy, security and freedom of expression within the context of internet access and internet games. These guidelines therefore cover a series of online activities, such as e-mail use, chat or blog participation and online game playing. The guidelines are the product of close cooperation of the Council with European online game designers and publishers and with Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Human Rights Guidelines for Online Game Providers were developed by the Council...

The amended Slovenian Media Act and the non-binding Guidelines for the content of the internal ethical and esthetical rules (codex) of the broadcasters (see IRIS 2007-1: 18) distinguish between pornography and other explicit constructions of sexuality in TV programming. This conceptual distinction was applied in the codex of the Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenija in 2007. The article no. 84 on the protection of minors of the Slovenia Media Act segments programming which includes sexuality into four categories: - pornography which might seriously impair the development, - pornography...

Lottery tickets and sweets do not have to be kept separate after all. Reports had stated that lottery tickets and sweets had to be kept separate from one another in future according to a decision by the Berlin Landgericht (Regional Court – LG) in connection with an application for an injunction against the lottery organiser Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB). However, this decision was set aside in its entirety following the latter’s appeal lodged on 7 October 2008. The original decision of 7 August 2008 (Case 103 O 134/08) stated that the lottery ticket counter should not be together with,...

On 24 September 2008, the European Parliament approved, in the first reading, with amendments, the proposals initially tabled by the European Commission on 13 November 2007 with a view to reforming the existing EU telecoms rules, in place since 2003. The new Telecoms Package aims to create a Single EU Telecoms Market, encompassing the internet and telecoms sectors, with emphasis on more rights and better choice for consumers, as well as stronger competition. As the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso explained, “Telecoms is a field where our single market can bring about very...

On 29 September 2008 the European Commission published a communication addressing future networks and the Internet. According to the report, broadband and Internet services have been adopted en masse by Europeans, thereby impacting European society and economy significantly. Internet use continues to grow and change in Europe and is speculated to continue to flourish, its changes predicted to result in new opportunities for European businesses and citizens. The pervasiveness of broadband in Europe has shifted the way in which users engage with the Internet. The Internet is increasingly participative...