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Subject: Re: Cross Frontier Television

Author:
Lew

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Date Posted: 00:09:13 12/10/03 Wed
In reply to: johnfallen 's message, "Re: Cross Frontier Television" on 22:18:19 12/09/03 Tue

>>Hi Guys who have replied. Thanks very much and to
>>those who have read this thread and not replied may I
>>ask that if you can add anything on this subject
>>please make a posting as I want to make the strongest
>>case I can in my submission. The more so as we have a
>>little time on our side as Professor Miley's petition
>>will not now be heard until sometime in January 2004
>>and we owe it to him to add as much supporting
>>arguement as we can and we need to make our numbers
>>count by copying Roy Perry (see message).
>>
>>Personally I find it totally unreal that we can work
>>anywhere in the EU, obtain reciprocal free medical
>>aid, import and export without restriction but yet we
>>cannot choose what TV we watch and if we try to we
>>have to do it covertly! It's absolute nonsense and I
>>personally object to having to resort to so-called
>>"illegal" actions to do so.
>
>Charles,
>
>I agree with you completely.
>
>There was a thread on the legal postion, and the
>European Convention on Trans-Frontier television, on
>this forum, here:-
>
>http://www.voy.com/148753/3/1439.html
>
>I think this carve-up is totally immoral, and almost
>certainly illegal, already, but no-one has had the
>courage to test it, yet. The money made by exclusive
>contracts is in many cases originally obtained from
>services provided by public bodies empowered to charge
>licence fees, paid in good faith, for public services.

Charles, could you give some more details about Professor Miley's petition like content, when submitted and to whom (which committee)?

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