At about 4:30 am the other day, something very bad happened on the Australian Big Brother reality TV show. Yet, the TV show wasn't on TV at the time. It was being streamed live over the Internet and to Australian mobile phones (at least to, presumably, a few dozen insomniacs).
Suddenly, there's a movement afoot to regulate Internet broadcasts like those on TV (from Asia Media News):
Communications Minister Helen Coonan said yesterday that legislation to broaden the authority's regulatory powers would be introduced into Parliament as soon as possible. "This matter has reinforced the need for changes to the act to ensure that these new services being offered over the internet and mobile devices are subject to the same content restrictions that apply to television broadcasts," she said.
This sounds like the similar European attempt to bring all "broadcasts" under one regulatory roof.
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