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The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (higher regional court of Düsseldorf, OLG) annulled the decision of the Landgericht Düsseldorf (regional court of Düsseldorf) dated February 17 2004 regarding legal requirements to be fulfilled to comply with protection of minors against the distribution of simple pornography on the Internet. The regional court of Düsseldorf decided in 2003 that it was sufficient to comply with requirements of on-line child protection by querying a personal ID number whose conclusiveness was verified by a computer program in connection with an offer subject to costs (see IRIS 20034:...

On 30 April 2004, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a new Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of minors and human dignity and the right of reply in the European audiovisual and information services industry. At the end of 2003, the Commission adopted its second evaluation report on the 1998 Council Recommendation on the protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services (see IRIS 2004-2: 6). The report came to a generally positive conclusion on the application of the 1998 Recommendation, but also identified...

On 18 March 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a new ban on "indecent" material on broadcast television. Its action came after political outrage over a mid-January "Super Bowl" broadcast ­ the most viewed US football game ­ which included singer/actress Janet Jackson's baring a breast for about 5 seconds. The Commission's actions followed the House of Representatives' adoption of a severe anti-indecency bill. In Golden Globe Awards Program , the Commission established new definitions of "indecency" and "profanity" on broadcast television. At issue were wellknown singer Bono's...

In reaction to a press release from a national parents' association, the State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science has evaluated the functioning of the Dutch classification system for audiovisual media, Kijkwijzer (see also IRIS Plus 2003-10). The association, Ouders en Coo, publicly cast doubt upon the classification system, stating that ten films had been rated too low. Kijkwijzer was introduced on 22 February 2001 by NICAM (Dutch Institute for the Classification of Audiovisual Media), the organization responsible for the development and implementation of Kijkwijzer on behalf of the...

The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) is facing difficulties concerning the channels in countries outside the European Community broadcasting on Eutelsat, of which more than 150, despite theoretically being subject to French authority, are broadcast without being approved either in France or in any other country of the European Union. The CSA cannot sanction them or take proceedings against the satellite operators or the bodies that allocate space on the satellite broadcasting these channels. Thus on 13 January, the CSA applied to the office of the Public Prosecutor...