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On 25 November 1999, the Landgericht München I (First Munich Regional Court) overturned the ruling of the court of first instance against the former managing director of Compuserve (see IRIS 1998-6: 4). The AG München (Munich District Court) had imposed a two-year prison sentence, which was suspended on payment of a fine of DEM 100,000. The case concerned child and animal pornography, prohibited in Germany, which was available on the server of Compuserve USA, and to which its subsidiary Compuserve Germany had given access. Whereas the court of first instance had found the managing director of...

In mid-April, the Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Conference of Regional Media Authority Directors - DLM) adopted a draft set of rules for the protection of minors on private-sector digital television. The rules make use of the authorisation granted in Article 3.5 of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Agreement between Federal States on Broadcasting - RfStV), amended for the fourth time between 16 July and 31 August 1999, which came into force on 1 April this year (see IRIS 2000-2: 5). Under this provision, it is possible, in certain circumstances, to deviate from the general time restrictions...

On 7 December 1999, the Council of the European Union consulted the European Parliament on the initiative of the Republic of Austria (see IRIS 2000-1: 5) with a view to adopting a Council Decision to combat child pornography on the Internet (10317/1999 - 1999/0822 (CNS)). The Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, responsible for the drafting of the Report appointed Timothy Kirkhope as rapporteur. At its meeting of 22 March it adopted a draft legislative resolution on the Austrian initiative included in the Report, which also has attached the opinions of the Committee...

Pursuant to the Communications Act of 31 July 1997, no. 249 (Istituzione dell'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni e norme sui sistemi delle telecomunicazioni e radiotelevisivo, see IRIS 1997-8: 10) on 1 March 2000 the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (the Italian Communications Authority -AGC) adopted the regolamento concernente la diffusione via satellite di programmi televisivi (regulation no. 127/00/CONS concerning satellite television broadcasting). The Regulation applies to: 1) Italian broadcasters whose programmes are received in States Parties to the European Convention...

A presidential decree (no. 100/2000) has just been published in the official gazette, transposing into domestic law the provisions of Directive 97/36/EC of 30 June 1997. The decree covers the full text of Directive 89/552/EEC on "Television without frontiers", as amended in 1997. In accordance with this decree, the Minister for the Press and the Mass Media may, further to a suitable opinion or following a proposal from the National Radio and Television Council (NRTC), order an advance ban on the re-broadcasting of programmes broadcast by television bodies under the supervision of other Member...