Way to go OfCom

It’s not often I’m in a mood to praise OfCom but I think today is one of those rare days that the media & telco regulator deserves a firm pat on the back.

Based purely on a story in the Register, with the brilliant headline, summary pairing:

EU threatens to apply TV standards to web media
Web media threatens to move out: take toys

The article talks about how the EU wants to enforce regulation on web video services (and more) but how an OfCom report has said, basically, that it would be a stupid idea.

Apparently OfCom have told the EU that imposing the same regulatory burden television faces on new media sources will either stifle their development or just make them relocate to outside the EU.

This puts me in an interesting position.

One, I hate the concept of web regulation with a passion and think it’s the LAST thing that should happen.

But there is a two - Jersey is outside the EU, if they’re forced outside the EU a great place to set up shop would be this little island which could only be good for the Jersey economy.

But my intense desire to keep the web regulation free overides any chance of a quick buck or new industry for Jersey - so sorry Jersey the web wins.

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