EC: first Digital Agenda Assembly materials
In the last few days the European Commission has published all the workshops results and…
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Digital Agenda: Commission facilitates deployment of car radar systems to boost road safety
Authorisation to use the 24 GHz radio frequency band for short-range anti-collision radar in cars…
CJEU on Italian subsidies for the purchase of digital terrestrial decoders
The Court confirms that the Italian subsidies for the purchase of digital terrestrial decoders in…
Osor: over 2700 official websites listed in ‘JoomlaGov’
By mid-July 2011, over 2700 official government and public organisation websites built using the Joomla!…
Minsviluppo: il punto della situazione sull’Agenda digitale italiana
Il Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico – Dipartimento per le Comunicazioni – ha pubblicato nella scorsa…
ECHR: fine imposed on TV company for racist and discriminatory content was proportionate
On 21 July in Chamber judgment in the case Sigma Radio Television Ltd. v. Cyprus…
China:fake Apple stores found in Kunming city
An American blogger has discovered three fake Apple stores operating in Kunming city, China. Pictures…
Digital Agenda: Commission starts legal action against 20 Member States on late implementation of telecoms rules
The European Commission has sent requests for information to twenty EU Member States which have…
Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips
The advent of the Internet, with sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made accessing information as…
Digital Agenda: more open access to scientific information
A public consultation on access to, and preservation of, digital scientific information has been launched…
Accolto il reclamo di Yahoo! contro l’ordinanza nel caso “About Elly”
La Sezione Specializzata di proprietà intellettuale del Tribunale di Roma ha accolto il reclamo presentato da…
Digital Agenda: Commission consults on practical rules for notifying personal data breaches
The views of telecoms operators, Internet service providers, Member States, national data protection authorities consumer…
Commission consults on how best to seize the opportunities for TV and film in the online age
Digital technology and the internet are rapidly changing the way in which audiovisual works are…
CJEU case L’Oréal and Others v eBay:on the liability of companies operating internet marketplaces for trade mark infringements committed by users
National courts must be able to order those companies to take measures intended not only…
Ofcom: first interactive UK fixed-line broadband map launched
Ofcom has recently launched the UK’s first interactive map of fixed broadband, using actual data…
Neelie Kroes: A better deal for roaming
The European Commission has decided to propose a fundamentally new approach to tackling the very…
Agcom e diritto d’autore: approvato schema di regolamento, 60 giorni per la consultazione
Il Consiglio dell’’Autorità per le Garanzie nelle comunicazioni, presieduto da Corrado Calabrò, nella sua riunione…
Digital Agenda: Commission proposes more competition, more choice and lower prices for mobile phone users abroad
A proposal for a long-term solution to the continued high cost of using mobile phones…
Cybercrime: launched the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA)
There are calls today for a concerted, coordinated crackdown on cyber crime in the face…
AGCM: condannata Ryanair per pratiche commerciali sleali
Con provvedimento del 15 giugno scorso l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato all’esito di…
INSEAD: Global Innovation Index 2011
INSEAD, the leading international business school, recently announced the findings of The Global Innovation Index…
OECD: Korea tops new OECD PISA survey of digital literacy
Korea tops a new OECD PISA survey that tests how 15-year olds use computers and…
Digital Agenda: lower roaming prices as of 1st July
With effect from 1st July 2011 to 30 June 2012 EU mobile operators will again…
ECJ: the remuneration payable in the event of public lending must ensure to authors an adequate income
According to the directive on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related…
The Power of Open: over 400 million CC-licensed works, with increasing freedom
The Power of Open, released last week, demonstrates the impact of Creative Commons through stories…
FCC: Information Needs of Communities. The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age
In culmination of its work over the last year, the FCC Working Group on the…
What is an On-Demand Programme Service in the UK
The British Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) has recently ruled that the publication of…
Digital Agenda: Europe invests in photonics research to accelerate high-speed broadband
Thirteen photonics research projects are being launched in the field of high-speed fibre broadband networks…
Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web
Among the most basic of human needs is the need to connect with others. With…
Neelie Kroes – Internet essentials – Speech at the OECD High Level Meeting on the Internet Economy
Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to open, together with such distinguished colleagues, the…
Wipo: Agreement on Transfer of Rights Paves Way to Treaty on Performers’ Rights
WIPO’s top copyright negotiating body will recommend to the September session of the General Assembly…
US court rejects California ban on violent video games
The US Supreme Court has struck down a Californian law banning the sale or rental…