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While some companies may find themselves losing out to new competition, advocates of the directive say it will create far more jobs than it eliminates. But with many countries preparing to hold a referendum this year on the new E.U. constitution, politicians fear that any controversial proposals coming out of...
A Question Of Trust The European Commission threatened Microsoft with fines for not doing enough to comply with antitrust sanctions imposed on the firm a year ago requiring it to share technical data with rivals.
And that war is only getting hotter. Over the past year, a reawakened Federal Communications Commission (FCC), prodded by values activists, has rebuked or fined broadcast networks including CBS, Fox and NBC for flesh and F bombs. Now Congress is gearing up to give the FCC stronger weapons: far steeper...
But though the PTC has a loud voice, just whom they speak for is debatable. Last year, in response to viewer complaints, the FCC levied its largest TV fine ever, $1.2 million, against Fox for an episode of the reality show Married by America, which featured strippers covered in whipped...
Even more daunting to broadcasters is uncertainty. They say they have no idea what is acceptable now, and the FCC won't spell it out. Contrary to popular belief--and George Carlin's seven-words-you-can't-say-on-TV routine--there are no stone tablets to clarify that...