Philip Willan at the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Italy is considering a new law mandating submission of video to the Communication Ministry prior to uploading on the Internet. Though the move is considered a political one, issues surrounding copyright have also been mentioned. From the article:
Alessandro Gilioli, who writes a blog on the Web site of the weekly magazine L’Espresso, said the decree was intended to squelch future competition for Mediaset, which was planning to move into IPTV and therefore had an interest in reducing the number of independent videos circulating on the Web.
