Europe
European Court Delivers Crucial Anti-Filtering Judgment
November 30, 2011
After the encouraging opinion of Advocate General Cruz Villalón in the Scarlet vs SABAM case delivered in April 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its final judgment on ...
European Parliament adopts Resolution on Net Neutrality
November 18, 2011
A week after the U.S. Congress considered repealing its open Internet rules, the European Parliament stressed the importance of a neutral and open Internet at its November plenary session. To this end...
The Premier League Case – Opportunities For The Single Digital Market
October 27, 2011
At the beginning of this month the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its judgment on the long-awaited ‘Premier League rights’ case. The legal dispute arose in the UK invol...
Online Behavioral Advertising in the EU – The Need for User ‘Consent’
September 30, 2011
The advertising industry has drafted a self-regulatory framework this year to meet legal requirements regarding the placement of cookies on Internet users’ machines for the purpose of online behav...
CCIA Asks Swiss Government to Rethink Overbroad User Surveillance Proposals
August 11, 2011
In a reaction to increasing pressures from Governments around the world to extend the scope of online surveillance, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed a comment on the Dra...
Members of Congress, EU Parliament Discuss Privacy, IP
July 22, 2011
CCIA Executive Vice President Erika Mann and the former chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus Rick Boucher opened a roundtable discussion Thursday between members of Congress and the European Par...
UK Cookie Regulations Threaten Online Business
May 31, 2011
The European Commission recently enacted a new directive that went into force last Thursday night and would strongly regulate the circumstances under which web cookies can be placed on users' comput...
CCIA’s Requested Comments on Europe’s IPR Enforcement Directive
April 11, 2011
Brussels – CCIA stressed the importance of the Internet as a platform for artists and entrepreneurs to create, innovate and reach new markets across the world in its comments on intellectual propert...
CCIA's Requested Comments on Europe's IPR Enforcement Directive
April 11, 2011
Brussels – CCIA stressed the importance of the Internet as a platform for artists and entrepreneurs to create, innovate and reach new markets across the world in its comments on intellectual propert...
British Library Hosts Copyright For Creativity Event
March 3, 2011
The British Library hosted a ‘Copyright for Creativity’ (C4C) event in London with Members of European Parliament (MEPs) and UK Members of Parliament (MPs) Feb 10. The goal was to highlight and un...
International Conference in The Hague: Towards Flexible Copyright?
February 17, 2011
On February 10, the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice organized an international conference on copyright in The Hague. The conference provided Dutch decision makers with a good opportunity to sha...