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LEAD ARTICLE
Must-carry Regulation: a Must or a Burden?
Nico van Eijk and Bart van der Sloot, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam
In this Lead Article, an overview is provided of the regulation and case law on must-carry rules at a European level. From this perspective, it is described if and how selected European countries have implemented must-carry rules. These countries are Belgium - more specifically Flanders - France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Finally, the European and national legal contexts are compared with the regulation that applies in the United States. In the conclusion, the lessons learnt from this comparison are provided, and some thought is given to the future of must-carry rules.
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