Euro-MPs Give Up Demand For Court Hearing Before ISP Disconnection
The EU Parliament has controversially dropped plans to force ISPs and content owners across the continent to seek a court ruling before disc… Read more »
EC Media Commissioner: Our Digital Library Plan Can Beat Google’s
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The race is on to digitise Europe’s out-of-print books and EC media commissioner Viviane Reding says Europe can beat Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in… Read more »
Settlement Likely In Microsoft-EC Antitrust Cases
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It appears increasingly likely that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will finally settle its long-standing litigation with the European Commission. Th… Read more »
EC Goes Touchy-Feely On Piracy Fight, Out Of Step With Many Rightsholders
No new laws are needed to tackle piracy, according to the European Commission, which says information sharing and research between nations i… Read more »
Google Will Seek EU Publishers' Permission For U.S. Books Project
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will ask European book publishers’ permission before making their works available to U.S. users, in a bid to stay on the… Read more »
EC Media Commissioner Backs Google Books Plan
Given all the controversy, legal action and anti-trust scrutiny surrounding Google’s plans to digitise millions of books, the search giant h… Read more »
EC Survey: Third Of Young People Won’t Pay For Online Content
EU media commissioner Viviane Reding is still serious about her plans to introduce a single, cross-border European market for online payment… Read more »
EC Threatens Action Against U.S. Over Copyright Laws
The European Commission has threatened to stop cooperating with the U.S. in the fight against piracy if the U.S doesn’t make its copyright… Read more »
Looking To Settle, Microsoft Makes Another Offer To EC In Browser Case
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Microsoft’s latest offer to the European Commission, which is threatening the company with a big fine for bundling Internet Explorer and Win… Read more »
News Publishers Call On Europe To Support Them Against Aggregators
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Newspaper publishers are petitioning Europe’s media commissioner against free use of their material by aggregators, in what looks like their… Read more »
EC Wants Faster Digital TV Switchover, Resolution To Telco Roadblock
European media commissioner Viviane Reding has set out her vision for a “Digital Europe”, with four key points including a plea to resolve t… Read more »
Report: EC, Microsoft In Settlement Talks Over Antitrust Cases
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Despite the rhetoric, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and the European Commission may actually be on speaking terms. The two parties are in early tal… Read more »
State-Funded Broadcasters Can Invest Online, EC Says
State-funded broadcasters can spend their money to launch online services – as long as new services pass the same public value tests applied… Read more »
Carphone Warehouse-Tiscali Takeover Gets EC’s Green Light
It’s a thumbs up from the European Commission: the proposed merger of Tiscali’s UK broadband business and Carphone Warehouse can now take pl… Read more »
BT Should Give Rivals High-Speed Access Under EC Rules
Ofcom would have to consider whether BT (NYSE: BT) should open its forthcoming higher-speed broadband lines to competitors, under proposed E… Read more »
