New Media Legislation Change
Doug from Sputnik web studios recently dropped an email to inform me of an apparent change in media-orientated laws. I felt it would be worth highlighting, and perhaps a decent topic for light debate. The law focuses of the broadcast of electronic information; primarily via website and email. It specifies a new mandatory criteria as, I quote:
By 1st January 2007 your e-mail signatures and websites must, by law, contain your company registration details:
- Company registration number
- Place of registration
- Registered office address
This set of regulations appears most unnecessary; I can't see any real shortfall of not following them, so why make them a legal requirement? To brand failure to meet such legislation as 'illegal' seems extreme. Additionally there seems little way you could realistically enforce this law.
However the government will do what they like. Currently this law only applies to Britain, but I wouldn't be surprised if it transitions stateside within a year or two. Either way heads up Brits, because it's already been introduced.
Pointless, or is it just me?
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On 05/01/2007 Andrew said:
This has been required on invoices and letterheads for twenty years or so under the Companies Act, so this is really just an update to apply it electronic trading.
I assume the point of it is to disclose enough information at point of sale / interaction to allow a company to be traceable in the event you need to take action against them.
I think it the update is from a European Directive; although the other Euro nations never quite seem as keen to implement law as the UK.
On 06/01/2007 lorissa said:
Very interesting - good to know. It does seem a tad excessive to me to me, but what do I know..
On 09/01/2007 Pip Lunberg said:
This is interesting, but how do we know if it is true or just more heresay?
On 11/01/2007 Steve Tucker said:
We dont ;)
Its probably something I should look into, but I just dont have the time.