From: IN%"educom@elanor.oit.unc.edu" 6-MAY-1996 14:32:36.01

EU TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE INTERNET European Union culture and telecommunications ministers met last week to discuss ways of controlling access to the Internet to prevent criminal activity and protect children. "Many member states perceive the need now for some discipline, some kind of regulatory framework or code of ethics," says the Italian telecommunications minister. Some European governments, such as Germany and Great Britain, have already adopted Internet-related laws and others are considering it. (Wall Street Journal 3 May 96 B5B)

We've heard a lot on the German one. What's the Great Britain one look like?

CANADIAN SATELLITES TARGETED The race into space with direct broadcast satellite TV has created a regulatory black hole that the U.S. government is struggling to fill. A plan by Telesat Canada to finance its $1.6-billion satellite program by leasing capacity to American broadcasters has prompted the Federal Communications Commission to hold special hearings in Washington to investigate whether it can regulate the use of Canadian satellites. (Toronto Financial Post 4 May 96 p1)

Of course they're going to try to control it. -Allen

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