Back to the Future?

The new Italian government seems to consist only of technocrats and people from Big Business.

Didn´t they already try that, once upon a time?

BBC

Youtube license also in France?

According to our sources among local journalists, France is now planning to follow Italy - demanding that everyone who would like to upload video on the Internet should have a license to do so.

This is still to be confirmed. But... who would be suprised?

Italy to license uploading to Youtube

In Italy the government has proposed a new law, stating that everyone uploading video on the internet will have to get a permission to do so.

The Italian government really do not understand the internet and the information society. And they have no feeling for the value of freedom of speech.

(Link, in Swedish.)

Update: More, in English, at BoingBoing. (Via Berinder.)