Regulations.Technically, media convergence Media convergence is a theory in communications where mass mediums merges together to create a new product offering a variety of the properties of each. Such an example is that of the internet. should eliminate government regulation of media (see "My Two Cents My two cents may refer to either of these:
For example, European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community regulators nixed the planned $37 billion WorldCom-MCI deal because WorldCom's Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. is the world's largest and MCI's is the third largest. Similarly, Microsoft is entangled en·tan·gle tr.v. en·tan·gled, en·tan·gling, en·tan·gles 1. To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; snarl. 2. To complicate; confuse. 3. To involve in or as if in a tangle. with the U.S. government over allegedly monopolistic practices and alleged abuse of a dominant position. On the content side, many of today's program licensing contracts don't cover Webcasting. At the most, form license agreements include broad terms like "ancillary rights" or "new media" rights. Wary of problems down the line, The Recording Industry Association of America is now working to help recording labels establish new licensing rules for Webcasting. Some argue that if a Webcast simply simulcasts broadcast TV signals, it is not a new medium but a new delivery system and that the situation is comparable to that of a TV channel broadcast both over the air and on cable TV.. But the fact that Webcasting would expand over previously licensed territory could violate licensing agreements. In any case, some studios already exclude Internet rights from their new TV licensing agreements. |
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