Comments on: Certainly hope someone misinterpreted this… http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/23/certainly-hope-someone-misinterpreted-this/ A barrister gossips & rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Geeklawyer http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/23/certainly-hope-someone-misinterpreted-this/#comment-11369 Geeklawyer Thu, 24 May 2007 21:05:45 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/23/certainly-hope-someone-misinterpreted-this/#comment-11369 I certainly hope your reading is right. I will try to find an online copy and read it soon & update this post with my view. I certainly think your assessment would be more consistent with broad policy perspective but ... I certainly hope your reading is right. I will try to find an online copy and read it soon & update this post with my view. I certainly think your assessment would be more consistent with broad policy perspective but …

]]> By: moon23 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/23/certainly-hope-someone-misinterpreted-this/#comment-11351 moon23 Thu, 24 May 2007 12:17:00 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/23/certainly-hope-someone-misinterpreted-this/#comment-11351 Jolly Good, Wouldn't be ironic if the alarmist story put out on the news group actually put the idea into their minds. Jolly Good,

Wouldn’t be ironic if the alarmist story put out on the news group actually put the idea into their minds.

]]> By: scott http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/23/certainly-hope-someone-misinterpreted-this/#comment-11334 scott Thu, 24 May 2007 09:28:23 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/23/certainly-hope-someone-misinterpreted-this/#comment-11334 The directive as originally worded 'might' have resulted in problems for bloggers, however the directive will only apply to "audiovisual media services" and the European Parliament clarified that an AMS does not include services where the provision of audiovisual content is merely incidental to the service and not its principal purpose. The Directive " does not cover activities which are primarily non-economic and which are not in competition with television broadcasting, such as private websites and services consisting of the provision or distribution of audiovisual content generated by private users for the purposes of sharing and exchange within communities of interest. The definition excludes all services not intended for the distribution of audiovisual content, i.e. where any audiovisual content is merely incidental to the service and not its principal purpose." The directive as originally worded ‘might’ have resulted in problems for bloggers, however the directive will only apply to “audiovisual media services” and the European Parliament clarified that an AMS does not include services where the provision of audiovisual content is merely incidental to the service and not its principal purpose. The Directive ” does not cover activities which are primarily non-economic and which are not in competition with television broadcasting, such as private websites and services consisting of the provision or distribution of audiovisual content generated by private users for the purposes of sharing and exchange within communities of interest. The definition excludes all services not intended for the distribution of audiovisual content, i.e. where any audiovisual content is merely incidental to the service and not its principal purpose.”

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