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The film "Baise-moi" is still being talked about. The association "Promouvoir" will really have done everything in its power to get the Courts to cancel its authorisation and consequently to prevent the film being shown in cinemas. It will be recalled that on 30 June 2000, at the association's request, the Conseil d'État cancelled the authorisation prohibiting the film being shown to anyone under the age of 16 years that had been granted to the film previously, on the grounds that the Decree of 23 February 1990, in its wording in force at the time the certificate was issued, made no provision for...

On 14 May 2002, the Commissione per il riassetto del sistema radiotelevisivo (Commission for the reform of the radio and television broadcasting sector), located at the Ministero delle comunicazioni (Ministry of Communications), published a Code of Conduct on Teleshopping drafted by broadcasters and their associations, together with representatives and experts from the Ministry, based on the premise that teleshopping relating to astrological services, gambling and games requires that there should be specific protection for consumers, in order to avoid the exploitation of superstition or fear as...

At its plenary meetings on 23 July and 10 September 2002, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (the audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) examined the balance sheet of the authorised French-language services distributed by cable and satellite. Traditionally, this balance sheet is based on two complementary approaches - firstly the monitoring and observation of programmes by the CSA, and secondly a declaration scheme based on the undertaking given by each service to submit an annual report on the conditions for carrying out its obligations. The report must include all the figures for programmes and...

In two emergency rulings, the Verwaltungsgericht München (Munich Administrative Court - VG München) had to determine the degree to which the "Freak Show" programme broadcast by music channel MTV and based on the American programme "Jackass" constituted a danger to minors. The relevant supervisory body, the Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (Bavarian New Media Office - BLM), had banned the repeat showing of six programmes which had already been broadcast and were deemed to be obviously capable of seriously endangering minors. It had also restricted the showing of further episodes to the...

From July 1998 until May 1999, Tele2 made so-called newsgroups available to its subscribers. Some of these newsgroups gave access to explicit sexual films and images involving children, animals, violence, coercion and sadism. This illegal pornography was stored on Tele2's server. Tele2 was therefore charged with infringement of Straffeloven § 204(1)a (the General Penal Codestrl.), which prohibits attempts to disseminate illegal pornographic material. In examining the case, Oslo Tingrett pointed out the following. According to the preparatory works relating to § 204 strl., Internet hosts, access...