EBU Expresses Dismay.The European Parliament European Parliament, a branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It convenes on a monthly basis in Strasbourg, France; most meetings of the separate parliamentary committees are held in Brussels, Belgium, and its Secretariat is located in Luxembourg. voted on a strict copyright protection law two days before the European Broadcasting Union “EBU” redirects here. For other uses, see EBU (disambiguation). The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision ("UER") (EBU EBU European Broadcasting Union EBU English Bridge Union EBU Enterprise Backup Utility (Oracle 7) EBU European Boxing Union EBU European Board of Urology EBU Electronic Business Unit EBU Equivalent Billing Unit EBU Engine Build Unit ) announced the launching of a two-year project that would transfer Europe's television archives to digital storage. To the EBU's dismay, draft legislation approved by the Parliament could prevent broadcasters from transferring their own deteriorating film and program archives onto a modern format. The EBU reported that the directive, if implemented in its current form, would reduce the ability of broadcasters to make news reports on matters of public interest. For example, it would expose broadcasters to copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own suits if a facade of a building or statue were to appear in a newscast of a demonstration or even if a painting were shown on television for criticism or review. "The rope to hang Internet piracy should not be turned into a noose that throttles cultural, educational and news programs," claimed Jean-Bernard Munch, the EBU's secretary general, "And neither must it strangle Strangle An options strategy where the investor holds a position in both a call and put with different strike prices but with the same maturity and underlying asset. This option strategy is profitable only if there are large movements in the price of the underlying asset. the availability of information, either at the national or European level, in what is supposed to be the information age." The EBU's project will explore how best to transfer archival footage to future-proof forms of digital storage and to develop television archive services for the next century. The project will also examine how to provide online access through browsing and search tools, and create automatic delivery and billing systems for those items selected. "In most of Europe, the television archives reach back 40 years or more, forming a treasure trove TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hidden or concealed in the earth or other private place, so long that its owner is unknown, has been discovered by accident. of news, sports, current affairs and entertainment programs," reported project manager Horst Schachlbauer. "We aim to safeguard this heritage for the digital future and to develop ways to retrieve archive material easily and rapidly." |
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