Abstract
Communications Legislation, Politics and Technology. Communications are governed by two 1986 laws that have yielded a complex body of regulations often awkward and unrealistic. Communications law is young and sinuous but continuous: initial non-regulation gave way to the arrival, rise and fall of the state monopoly. It also has political overtones affecting the very principles of democracy, which explains why its actual provisions are overshadowed by its symbolic value, and the need for bodies such as the Commission Nationale de la Communication et des Libertés. The concept of public service itself has become controversial and a point-by-point comparison of public and private broadcasting is given. Lastly, technological developments risk outdating communications legislation at short notice. However, legislators might eventually abandon complex legislation in favour of a handful of simple guidelines.
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