Recent news coverage of an intra-Hollywood legal tussle suggests the entertainment industry is witnessing its own instance of the broader […]

Ethan Wham · May 2, 2019

What is Section 230? Section 230 refers to 47 U.S.C. § 230, enacted as part of the 1996 Communications Decency Act […]

Matt Schruers · March 14, 2019

At the time the new Commission took office, ‘platform regulation’ was one of those concepts most controversially discussed in the […]

Jakob Kucharczyk · November 27, 2017

Unless you are lucky enough to be spending a two-year sabbatical on a tropical island, you will have noticed that […]

James Waterworth · July 27, 2017

Is uberPOP a transport service? Are Airbnb or booking.com hotel operators? Is Skype a telecoms service? The answer to these three questions is: no, […]

James Waterworth · November 25, 2016

The European Commission would like to see a more digital Europe and more telecoms network investment, but the term “level […]

Brian Williamson · September 1, 2015

While there has been much discussion of the European Commission’s recent announcement of a statement of objections being sent to […]

James Waterworth · May 1, 2015

The unintended consequences of well-meaning regulation is a theme we discuss frequently here on DisCo.  (Note: This is different than […]

Daniel O'Connor · September 30, 2014

We’ve been a little boozy here at DisCo this summer.  Recently, my much classier colleague, Matt Schruers, dissected how creativity […]

Daniel O'Connor · September 19, 2013