[Nettime-bold] Lorenzo Taiuti (Italy): Restrictive law on news on line

[Eric Kluitenberg <epk@xs4all.nl>]

hello nettime,

This message was just posted on syndicate by Lorenzo Taiuti - the
imnplication seems to be that (e-) newsletters and mailing lists in Italy
would require to register as newspapers do...
Does anybody have any info on this legislation?
How can this be stopped?

grtngs,
eric

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>From: "Lorenzo Taiuti" <md3169@mclink.it>
>To: "Syndicate" <syndicate@eg-r.isp-eg.de>
>Subject: Syndicate: Restrictive law on news on line
>Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 21:27:33 +0200
>Sender: syndicate-owner@eg-r.isp-eg.de
>
>     An absurd & unbelievable law on information  on the web seems to be
>passing in Italy. Only professsional  newspapermen can be "director" and
>responsible for any newsletter,  that must be teherefore registered like
>paper press have to!! That is against all rights to free expression
>defined in the  constitution. And there are heavy penalties for  "guilty".
>I don'think any other country has made anything like  that. Lorenzo Taiuti
>
>



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