navigating the regulatory sea graham smith
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Navigating the Regulatory Sea
IFCLAHelsinki, 10 June 2010
Graham Smith
Partner, Bird & Bird LLP
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Convergence
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Convergence - technical
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Convergence – legal/regulatory
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Convergence – legal/regulatory
Policy perspective
Illegal offline >>> illegal online
Platform neutral?
Technologically neutral?
Medium neutral?
Take care what you wish for…
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Convergence
Converging platforms
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Platform/medium convergence
<Telecoms + broadcast?>
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Platform/medium convergence
<Telecoms + broadcast + IT?>
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Platform/medium convergence
<Telecoms + broadcast + IT + print media?>
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Platform/medium convergence
<Telecoms + broadcast + IT + print media + UGC>
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Platform/medium convergence – legal and regulatory
Individual speech
"As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the internet deserves the highest protection from
governmental intrusion." District Judge Dalzell, ACLU v Reno, 1996.
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Convergence – legal/regulatory
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Content types
{Voice}{Text}
{Images}
{Music}{Video}
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Content types
{Voice}
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Content types
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Content types
{Text}
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Content types
{Images}
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Content types
{Music}
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Content types
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Content types
{Video}
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Content types
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Another dimension
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Another dimension
Geographical
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Geographical
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Geographical
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Navigating the Regulatory Sea
Maps and charts?
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Expensive. Accurate? Static?
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Useful?
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Another approach
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Navigating the Regulatory Sea
Push the boat out? Bootstrap to legitimacy?
Kids and grown-ups
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Navigating the Regulatory Sea
The unthinkable will happen to someone!
CompuServe, Yahoo!, eBay, GoogleNo perfect courseRisk assessment