On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Adam Berg<arbetarpoli...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thank you Fred! > > I read cde Kiraz' article. It was interesting. > > However, I find it a bit difficult to fully understand this issue without an > available copy of the actual law - the Telecommunications Law.
You can get more info (in spanish) about the actual law passed back in 2003 here http://www.conatel.gob.ve/responsabilidad_social.asp (sorry cant find any english translation of the law > > According to Human Rights Watch it is a crime to disseminate news that "harms > the interest of the state": > http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/07/31/venezuela-repeal-measures-aimed-critics > > True or not true? I do not automatically trust info from HRW, so I would like > to see for myself. > Untrue, this was a proposal raised as part of a discussion about new law, which does not exist even in draft form as yet. and it was not so much harm the interest of the state as of people. But it was just one position expressed as part of this debate. The article at ABN available here http://www.abn.info.ve/noticia.php?articulo=193464&lee=1 makes clear that as off yet there is NO draft Law of media crimes and that this discussion will be taken to the rest of society before returning to the National Assembly were a law will be proposed. Hope that helps Fred ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
