Could there be any worse news for blogs? While browsing A PR Guru’s Musings, I came across this link to the European Parliament’s Blog Debates (They are hosting three sessions with media types invited to speak).
Some views expressed: "Bloggers behave as if they are in the Wild West," "A lot of weblogs are tripe" "blogs damage privacy." The lack of a legal framework is "deplorable".
Implicit in these remarks (many of them by euro-journalists), is a longing for some sort of regulation. This was an informal debate, but the quotes are from a report on the Commission’s website, and you can note the slant that they chose to highlight. Let’s hope that Euro-Members of Parliament were bored stupid by it. Bloggers don’t need any attention from them.
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Well, if the EU does decide to regulate blogs it might be just the boost they need.
Yes, I agree Matthew. It’s just what bloggers are hoping for. Interesting volumes of regulations to read, lovely forms to fill in, and visits from Euro-Inspectors when they get lonley. The EU could emmulate its agricultural policy, and pay bloggers a “set-aside” subside not to over produce.