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[Focus] Creative Rights

19.09.2006 @ 16:10 CET

EUOBSERVER / CREATIVE RIGHTS FOCUS - With digital publishing fast-becoming a multibillion euro market in the EU, artists, consumers, publishers and computer companies have taken off the gloves in a fight on regulation. In this special focus, EUobserver examines upcoming EU legislation in the sector and talks to the key players.

Parliaments are slow in going online, study shows

25.11.2008 @ 17:46 CET

Only 10 per cent of the parliaments in the EU, Africa, Latin America, Australia and Canada use information and communication technologies (ICT) to let their citizens know about their activities, an international study shows.

MEPs attack Facebook over anti-gypsy hate groups

12.11.2008 @ 09:13 CET

Socialist deputies in the European Parliament have condemned Facebook, the popular social networking service, for hosting anti-gypsy groups, bearing such names as "Useful work for gypsies: testers of gas chambers," on its site.

EU states bin telecoms 'super-regulator' idea

27.11.2008 @ 17:41 CET

EU telecoms ministers have rejected European Commission proposals to harmonise oversight of communications networks across Europe under a commission-controlled "super-regulator."

EU plans shake up of public broadcasting rules

04.11.2008 @ 17:42 CET

Public broadcasters across Europe, such as the BBC, Magyar Televizio in Hungary or PBS in Malta, worry that a European Commission review of the laws governing them pays too much attention to free market concerns and not enough to the delivery of quality content in the interest of citizens.

French internet law clashes with EU position

31.10.2008 @ 09:19 CET

The French Senate has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a law that would cut off access to the internet to web surfers who repeatedly download copyrighted music, films or video games without paying, putting the country on a collision course with Brussels.

Commission backs internet users over content providers

09.10.2008 @ 18:16 CET

The European Parliament's rejection of a proposed "three strikes" law - that would see internet users have their connection cut off if they have been found to repeatedly violate copyright - must be respected, the commission said at an EUobserver-organised conference on internet rights.

Google, Fastest Rising EU Searches 2008

  • 01M6 replay (French Television Station).
  • 02Meinvz (German Social Networking).
  • 03Kino.to (Online Music Platform).
  • 04Ikariam (Free Browser Game).
  • 05BBC I player (BBC's download services).
  • 06Facebook (Global social network).
  • 07Wkw (German Social Network).
  • 08Tuenti (Spanish social network).
  • 09Obama (The next U.S. President).
  • 10Heath Ledger (Mourned Australian actor).

Fastest rising searches. Provided exclusively by to and covering the 27 EU states. For more information on Google Zeitgeist click here.

Google, Top EU Trends Of 2008

  • 01Euro.
  • 02Neuwagen (Cross-border car sales).
  • 03VAT.
  • 04Fuhrerschein (Driver's License).
  • 05Directive.
  • 06Import.
  • 07Ireland.
  • 08NATO.
  • 09Commission.
  • 10Romania.

Most popular searches. Provided exclusively by to and covering the 27 EU states. For more information on Google Zeitgeist click here.

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Mick Jagger in Brussels for online retailing chat

18.09.2008 @ 09:28 CET

Rolling Stone lead singer Mick Jagger visited the European Commission on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion on online retailing with competition commissioner Neelie Kroes.

Indie labels outraged as EU approves Sony BMG deal

16.09.2008 @ 09:28 CET

The European Commission has given Japanese electronics giant Sony the green light to buy outright record label Sony BMG from German partner Bertelsmann. The EU executive sees no competition worries resulting from the merger, but indie music labels say Brussels is missing the boat - it is cultural diversity concerns that are under threat from the creation of such a music titan.

Sarkozy pushes Barroso to kill internet piracy decision

07.10.2008 @ 18:07 CET

The European Commission has rejected a request from the French president that commission head Barroso work to overturn a European Parliament decision banning the cutting of internet access to websurfers who illegally download films or music.

Google cuts data retention after EU privacy warning

10.09.2008 @ 09:24 CET

Following complaints by EU officials about threats to privacy, global search engine giant Google has moved to reduce the amount of time the company holds on to data about what users have searched for, cutting the length of time it retains search data from 18 months to nine.

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