Scandinavian Tv Laws 'open Can Of Worms For Web Video'

摘要

Technology-neutral TV-licensing laws that came into force in Sweden and Denmark at the start of the year could lead to the regulation of online media in the same way as conventional TV in the long term, according to critics. The laws specifically state that anyone able to receive a "complete channel" to any device, regardless of technology used, is liable to pay the TV-licence fee, which is used to fund the countries' public-service broadcast channels. Similar legislation in other EU countries such as Finland and the UK already includes services like mobile TV, but Denmark and Sweden have gone one step further by potentially bringing everv broadband-connected device under the definition of a TV receiver.