Censorship, new technology and libraries
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چکیده
Recent developments in entertainment and communications technology have created challenges for those who make classification decisions and who enforce censorship law. High speed private internet access, DVD technology, mobile telephony and advances in video gaming have all created challenges for censorship legislation originally designed to deal with films, videos and paper publications. The law has coped remarkably well with these new types of technology and was amended in 2005 to ensure it kept pace with emerging technology.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Electronic Library
دوره 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008