Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
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Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
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Re: Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
#2Let's ban this, let's outlaw that.
I like it how govs have no basic clue about this Internet thing.
Re: Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
#3I kind of wonder if Google might get fed up and ditch their Italian office. Recently I also read this attack piece in the Corriere della Sera, which is usually a reasonable paper:
http://www.corriere.it/economia/10_gennaio_28/mucchetti_4de4...
Italian only, but basically the guy has it in for Google and the fact that they get paid in Ireland, in Europe, and thus avoid some of the fun and exciting Italian taxes and regulations, and thinks they should be subject to a number of inane rules that the local companies cooked up to split up the publishing market amongst themselves.
Re: Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
#4Good luck with that Italian government.
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#5It's simple, really. Italy profits from being connected to the internet more than it costs them, so they'll do the right thing eventually.
This goes for any country that wants to control / regulate the internet that gets a substantial portion of their telecommunications via the net.
If Djibouti or Upper-Volta would decide to legalize stuff like this they could get away with it because the public outcry would be relatively small, if they do it in Italy then whichever political party was the one to make that decision will find themselves without any power at the next elections.
I would take this with a substantial grain of salt. Less than a week ago Italy's prime minister suggested that Israel should join the EU:
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=...
think of it as publicly funded entertainment.
Re: Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
#6This is as atrocious as banning public speaking.
Re: Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
#7This move is obviously motivated by politics and business. Berlusconi basically runs Italy like a corporation that he owns, and since he controls 90% of Italian media his interests don't align with sites such as youtube, Reddit, Digg, etc. that pose a threat to his business. What he's doing is what any (heartless..) savvy businessman would do: Cut out the competition. Of course this is absolutely terrible for Italian democracy and free speech.
It's nothing personal - only business.
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#8Does Italy acting like an idiot affect startups in the rest of the EU?
Re: Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
#9Let's ban this, let's outlaw that. I like it how govs have no basic clue about this Internet thing.
Controlling the masses communication has been something governments have always tried to do, they always will.
Re: Italy looking to kill user-generated content sites
#10This move is obviously motivated by politics and business. Berlusconi basically runs Italy like a corporation that he owns, and since he controls 90% of Italian media his interests don't align with sites such as youtube, Reddit, Digg, etc. that pose a threat to his business. What he's doing is what any (heartless..) savvy businessman would do: Cut out the competition. Of course this is absolutely terrible for Italian…
It is also personal. Berlusconi has a huge, and still growing, number of legal problems. He successfully hides them on the media he owns or controls (6 tv channels out of 7). The few newspapers that are not aligned to his policy are read by an handful of people. The only way truthful news about his misbehavior reach the Italian people are social network and similar. So it makes sense to shut them up.