Re : Steal This Radio's Appeal | + Video & medias libres

["jmm" <jmm@free.fr>]

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> Microradio is IMHO an excellent example of hacktivism (using, of course, a
> broad definition of hacking).
> - Grug

*public access* TV too,
but free televisions are forbidden in France,
the *Coordination Permanente des Medias Libres*, a french coalition of
almost 50 different medias (press, internet, television, radio) will
organize its second *Prise de la Bastille Audiovisuelle par les
Sans-Antennes* on October 2, during the Oscar's equivalent to our public &
corporate televisions, with 10 *pirate/plagiarist/hacked* broadcastings of
independant and censored programs on the not-so-public airwaves, but
without cracking anything, on hertzian frequencies that are not yet
occupied; they will also symbolically give back some TV boxes to the
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication that prepared a new law for
french television under the dictation of corporate lobbies and
government's tradition of media's freedom understanding.
See (in french, no translator on board) http://www.medialibre.org
& CU m.
See 2 :
________________________________________________________________________
Welcome to the August 15th edition of the Civil Rights Forum on
Communications Policy's 'Forum Connection'.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF THE CONNECTION:

GIRLS AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
FCC RELAXES MEDIA OWNERSHIP LAWS
FRENCH ACTIVISTS DEMAND PUBLIC TELEVISION.....
PEDIATRICIANS URGE PARENTS NOT TO LET TODDLERS WATCH TELEVISION
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FRENCH ACTIVISTS DEMAND PUBLIC TELEVISION

On July 14, 1999, MediaLibre, a coalition of French public media
advocates,
decided to celebrate their country's traditional day of independence by
breaking its broadcasting laws. Members of the group hosted what they
called "A Storming of the Bastille by the Waves," and set up pirate UHF
television broadcasts from various neighborhoods in Paris, Montepelier,
Tours, and BesanVon.  The point, say MediaLibre members, is to demand the
establishment of public media in France that is free of corporate and
government influence.  "We believe in the absolute need for democratic
debate," said a statement issued by the group, "we are conscious of the
role which we have to play in a world where freedom of expression and
pluralism are suppressed by market logic."

The pirate broadcasts continued from various locations throughout the
14th,
and included programs of live music, public speakouts, panel discussions
on
issues in French media, and, in one case, the Noam Chomsky documentary
Manufacturing Consent.  Broadcasters also aired programs that had been
rejected by national television chains for what MediaLibre activists claim
was "subversive" content.  The coalition finished the day by erecting a
wall of television sets in front of France's Ministry of Culture and
Communication.  Although pirate TV broadcasts are a clear violation of
French law, no repressive or legal action was taken against the group.
MediaLibre is planning another action to take place in October.

MediaLibre can be reached at www.medialibre.org, a partial translation of
the site's content may be obtained from AltaVista Translations at
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/
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