Would the changes influence the availability of information from foreign media to the Kazakh audience?
The position of our government is clear in this issue. Publishing information from the foreign media on Kazakh Web sites will be prohibited if the publishing of it violates Kazakh media law. However, there is a contradiction in the amendments, because the amendments also suggest the use of foreign media as a model to create our own Kazakhstan online media. In general, however, the media law would [limit influence from media from abroad] for Kazakhstan. IJNet: Does the law distinguish the Internet from traditional media? No. The authors of the new legislation equate Web sites with mass media. However, the new laws do not demonstrate a deep understanding of KazNet and its functioning. Their passage would lead owners of Web sites to face new levels of liability. For example, in 2008 an Economic Court in Almaty made a decision that the management of a Web site was [financially] responsible for comments made by visitors to the site. Although there was no clear legal basis for this decision
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