- Europe is following Canada’s example on the use of shocking images in the anti-smoking campaign: a total of 42 images containing from rotten lungs to a man with a large tumour on his throat. The European comission will let each country do decide whether or not to include the images on cigarette packs. Somehow, I think that smokers will not be the only ones to get shocked by this.
- Should programs made by public broadcasters, like television and radio – paid with public funds – belong to public domain? Dutch parliamentarians believe so and they go further: it should be distributed online.
- In an interview to the MOJO magazine, the Icelandic singer Björk confessed that Amália Rodrigues is one of her 3 favourite female voices being povo que lavas no rio the favourite song from her.
23/Oct 17:05
The British Broadcasting Corparation (BBC) already distributes all of it’s radio output on the internet and programmes can be listened to up to a week after transmission – all for free!
23/Oct 21:17
The Dutch decision is about who should own the rights over the content (the public, rather than the broadcaster). One suggested solution is to use the creative commons copyright license.
I think that another thing implied here is that previous contents, currently owned by the broadcaster, should now be released into public domain and also be available online.