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Following suspicion of the circulation of pornography among newsgroups on Internet, the State Prosecution Service in Munich instigated investigation proceedings against the German subsidiary of the on-line service CompuServe. These began with the impounding of private computers whose mailboxes were found to contain pornographic material. It is the view of the State Prosecution Service that the company CompuServe bears joint responsibility for the data circulating in its data network. In order to prevent offences being committed, checks must be made, using all available technical means, on whether...

The much-debated and anticipated federal Advertising Statute is a comprehensive Act that regulates advertising in Russia and aims to curb misleading and other unacceptable advertisements.The Statute is based on a draft proposed by the State Anti-monopoly Committee in 1994 and differs from a draft tabled around the same time by the Association of Advertising Agencies. The statute applies to both Russian and foreign entities and individuals involved in advertising in the Russian Federation. The Statute restricts, and from 1 January, completely prohibits alcohol and tobacco advertising on television....

The members of the Independent Television Commission decided on 14 September this year that the satellite channel, MTV Europe, should be required to pay financial penalties totalling £ 60,000 for three breaches of the ITC's Programme and Advertising Codes. The penalties incurred upon MTV Europe were based on the breach of Section 1.5 (i) of the Programme Code which states that material unsuitable for children must not be broadcast at times when large numbers of children may be expected to be watching. The terms of the MTV Europe licence require that the ITC's Codes are observed. Under Sections...

In the USA a major amendment to the Federal Communications Act of 1934 is currently being debated in Congress on the basis of House proposal H.R. 1555: The Communications Act of 1995. The proposed changes are numerous and a coherent version of all changes proposed was not yet published. Recently, however, Prof. David Rice managed to compose a relatively comprehensive Bill by cutting and pasting the different proposals which are available in electronic form on computer networks. This version is now available at the Observatory. The changes proposed concern the development of competitive telecommunications...

On 27 July 1995, the French National Assembly Delegation for the European Union sent a proposal to the National Assembly for a resolution on the European Commission's proposals to amend the "Television without Frontiers" Directive (89/552/CEE of 3 October 1989). The proposal for a resolution on this issue is based on a report of Deputy Francois Guillaume The proposal contains the following wishes: - to strengthen European audio-visual production in the framework of the Media II programme; - to include in the Directive the new services that have the same characteristics as traditional television...