Making the Digital Markets Act Fit for the Digital Age
Just like all the children returning to school, the tech industry is feeling optimism mixed with a bit of anxiousness […]
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European Parliament
EU Copyright Directive: The Final Countdown
At the end of January, DisCo published a post titled “Copyright Reform: the End?” stating that a final compromise between […]
European Elections and the Fight Against Online Terrorist Content
Between May 23 and May 26, 2019, close to 450 million European citizens will elect over 700 Members of the […]
European Parliament to Decide on Copyright Reform
If at times, the negotiations around the European copyright reform have seemed endless, it’s understandable. It was two years ago […]
Europe’s Big Success Story In Digital: The App Economy
Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007. In 2008 Apple opened its App Store, the same year Google opened […]
How the EU’s New Trade Provision Could End Up Justifying More Data Localisation Globally
The EU is about to decide how to push back against forced data localisation measures that European firms are increasingly […]
EU Parliament-Commissioned Study Pans Proposed Publishers’ Right
As faithful DisCo readers might remember, the “publishers’ right” or “ancillary copyright for press publishers” is an exclusive right granted […]
The European Audiovisual Reform – So Little Time, So Many Issues
Last July, the European Commission, Parliament and Council officially started the final round of negotiations on the EU’s audiovisual reform, […]
My Internet: MEP Eva (Paunova) Maydell On Digital Growth, Classic Phones and Online News
My Internet is a series where DisCo discusses how movers and shakers use the internet for work, leisure and life […]
Governments should resolve, rather than create, new conflicts of privacy laws
The cross-border nature of the Internet disrupts the traditional notion of geographically defined national jurisdictions. Increasingly, contradicting privacy laws confuse […]
