A Belgian court rejected the claim of Sabam, the local collecting society, arguing that Internet Access Providers (ISPs) should pay a kind of compensation because of the potential exchange of pirated content […]
The data retention saga: legislation annulled also in the Netherlands (and in Belgium)
UPDATE: On June 11, 2015 the Belgian Constitutional Court declared invalid Belgian data retention law. The decision is here, more infos to follow On March 11, 2015 a Dutch court declared the […]
The European Parliament opens the eyes over lack of competition in European telecoms

Today the European Parliament voted an important motion for resolution on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy. The report concerns, inter alia, the competitiveness situation in the European Telecom sector. The European […]
No VAT reduction for electronic books, EU court says

According to the Court of Justice of the European Union (decision of March 5, case C-479/13 and C-502/13 Commission v France and Commission v Luxembourg), European Members States cannot apply to electronic […]
The European governments find a deal on roaming and net neutrality: a low-level compromise

The Council of the EU, which is currently lead by the Latvian presidency, finally stroke an agreement on the draft proposal about roaming and net-neutrality. A mandate has been given to the […]