The Impact of IT Revolution and Legal System

本文以“信息技术革命中的电信、广播和信息公共政策和法律的体系应该如何”为主题进行了研究，得出以下结论：第一，“公共利益”是现有广播体制和与之相配套的法律的体系的关键词，在未来的一段时间内，尤其是广播领域，应该牢牢地维护这一关键词;特别是“广播自由”，它可以被视为民主社会的基本条件，不应该仅仅因为广播数字化等其他条件的发展而改变。但我们理解，有一个新的任务是不要扩大“广播”的定义，因为有许多边缘服务来自“电信和广播的融合“。广播和电信应该分为硬件和软件。第三，对于互联网上的广播类服务或商业信息提供服务，在一定条件下将电子公告板上的文字作为表达自由而不是诽谤加以保护是不必要的。供应商责任法也是如此。我们不能不作出个别判断，受害者的权利与“通讯保密”/“表达自由”孰重孰轻，其法律的风险日益增大。同样的事情也可以在广播中说。事实上，近年来，越来越多的广播节目在考虑到人权的情况下受到管制。今后我们应该努力建立一个风险有限的制度。

The result of our research on the theme "How the public policy and legal system concerning telecommunication,broadcasting and information in IT Revolution should be" is as follows.Firstly,"the public interest" the key word of existing broadcastingsystem and accompanying legal system, particular to broadcasting, should be firmly maintained in the coming future. Especially "Freedom of broadcasting", which can be valued as the basic conditions for democratic society, should not be changed just because other conditions such as digitalization of broadcasting have evolved.But we understand that there is a new task not to widen the definition of "broadcasting", since there aremany marginal services coming from "the fusion of telecommunication and broadcasting"Secondly, broadcasting as well as telecommunication should be divided into hardware and software. And competition should occur in each field, Particularly it is required to form an environment where broadcasing software can be produced and distributed freely.Thirdly, pertaining to the broadcasting-like services or business information supplying services on internet, it is the nainstream to protect the writing into electronic bulletin board on certain conditions as freedom of expression rather than defamation of character. The provider responsibility law is on the same line. We cannot help judging individually which we should weigh more, victim's right or "secrecy of communication"/ "freedom of expression" and its legal risk is increasing. Same thing can be said on broadcasting. Actually in recent years more and more broadcasting programs are regulated in consideration of human rights. In future we should try to establish a system with limited risks.