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10 J. Media L. & Prac. 1 (1989)

handle is hein.journals/tojmedlp10 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial This edition marks the tenth anniversary of the Journal. During the last ten years the Journal has witnessed new legislation to deal with the new technologies of satellite, cable and video. Strict new regulations have been introduced in areas such as contempt, telephone tapping and official secrets. There have been striking developments in areas such as the law of confidence. And the Journal has been able to chart the development of media law from its rather inauspicious beginnings to its position now as an accepted legal speciality with its own experts, its own textbooks and its own academic courses. One of the more welcome developments over the last decade has been the develop- ment of glasnost in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union no longer jams Western radio broadcasts and greater government openness has even been extended as far as allowing an East-West 'phone-in' on the BBC's World Service. But Moscow still strictly limits the number of foreign correspondents, and travel by foreign journalists remains restricted. An East-West conference which opens at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London in April holds out the exciting hope of improving on the free flow of information. The London Information Forum, as it is called, will be the first of the follow-up con- ferences agreed at the Helsinki Declaration Review Conference which concluded in Vienna in January. However, as befits such an inter- national talking-shop its terms of reference are vague and open-ended. They include the 'improvement of the circulation of, access to, and exchange of information; co-operation in the field of information; improvement of the working condition of journalists'. With 35 nations each sending up to 50 delegates it would be wise to expect few detailed agree- ments to be hammered out. But hopefully the conference will at least cause governments, both East and West, to reflect for a while on the human rights and commercial imperative behind the free flow of information. II Contents Opening the terminal equipment market by Chase Libbey Data broadcasting in the UK: an exploration of regulatory issues by Asu Aksoy Freedom of the press and the anti-monopoly law: problems of striking a proper balance by Yash Vyas Greek broadcasting law: past and present by Joanna Kiki Human rights, the right to communicate and international law by Wolfgang Kleinwachter NEWS BOOK REVIEWS 2 5 11 24 28 33 38

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