Today the plenary session of the European parliament approved the controversial copyright reform proposal submitted by the rapporteur, Axel Voss, with a majority of 438 members (approx. 60 vote above the needed […]
Why the copyright reform is useless for publishers
NB: on September 12 the copyright provisions regarding publishers have been approved, and the content of the post is more valid than ever! Is the current European copyright reform something really good […]
Unlike the Shopping Case, now the European Commission strikes at heart Google’s dominance
Today’s decision of the European Commission strikes at the heart of the dominance of Google, namely its dominance in the Internet search, but not its business model and its ability to provide […]
The EU/Japan data flows agreement is a strategic move against US trade wars
(NB: the original version of this article was published in Italian on La Stampa) European Union and Japan agreed to create the world’s largest area of safe data flows, allowing their companies […]
Art. 13 of the new Copyright Directive and the censorship machine, for dummies
There is much debate about the Copyright reform and I see the need to make some clarification based on the actual draft of the legal provision to be voted by the […]
Who benefits the European copyright reform?
Who benefits, in the end, this European copyright reform? There are two rules on which everyone’s attention is polarized: art. 11 on ancillary rights, which would enable publishers to demand payment whenever […]
Intermediated of the world, unite!
I have the pleasure to report here the English translation of the article that Stefano Quintarelli, a pioneer of the Italian Internet, wrote for Il Foglio some days ago. I have been astonished […]
The shadows of the European copyright reform
It may become impossible to share memes, parodies, artistic or political videos because the filtering obligation voted today by the European Parliament would require online platforms to make a prior check […]
What will change for European telecom networks: from copper based-networks to fiber revolution
Whether the new Electronic Code for electronic communications will encourage or frustrate network investments (you will soon read different opinions about), there is something fundamentally new in the telecom reform politically agreed […]
How Mr. Zuckerberg avoided the trap of the European Parliament
Mr. Zuckerberg may have been surprised about how much complex the European political system is. Invited by the Chairman Antonio Tajani to meet the European Parliament in Brussels, he ended up confronting […]