The UK Government Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) has today published its initial response to the public consultation on the Online Harms White Paper, published in April 2019....more
2/13/2020
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Fear of Harm ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Internet ,
OFCOM ,
Online Communities ,
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Regulatory Standards ,
Reporting Requirements ,
User-Generated Content ,
Websites
On 9 March 2019, the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications published its report on “Regulating in a digital World”. ...more
On 13 February 2019 the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council finally agreed the text of the long-awaited draft Copyright Directive (COM(2016)593) (“Directive“). ...more
3/22/2019
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Copyright Infringement ,
Data-Sharing ,
Digital Downloads ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
European Copyright Directive ,
Information Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Licensing Rules ,
Online Platforms ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Startups
Ever since the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in its highly regarded UsedSoft ruling declared the resale of “used” software admissible (dated 3 July 2012, C-128/11)...more
The UK Government's White Paper sets out detailed proposals for the UK's relationship with the EU following Brexit.
As described in our dissection of the document as a whole, the White Paper sees the digital economy as an...more
7/17/2018
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Broadcasting ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Digital Single Market ,
E-Commerce ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Internet ,
Internet of Things ,
Telecommunications ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The UK Government’s White Paper sets out detailed proposals for the UK’s relationship with the EU following Brexit.
As described in our dissection of the document as a whole, the White Paper sees the digital economy as an...more
The Portability Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 came into force on 1 April 2018. Part of the EU Commission’s aim to establish a Digital Single Market, the Regulation facilitates cross-border portability of online content. ...more
Drama at the European Parliament: whoever thought the dispute within the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) around the adoption of a new regulation dealing with online transmissions by broadcasters and retransmissions...more
On 29 November 2017, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down a decision on a video recording service that stores TV programmes online in a cloud (C-265/16 – VCAST). ...more
12/5/2017
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Cloud Storage ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
EU ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Websites
In our 18 July blog we reported the then recently published key dates for compliance with the EU online Portability Regulation. Following a correction published in the EU Official journal on 28 July 2017, those deadlines...more
In our 21 June blog we reported that the text of this, the first legislative proposal published by the Commission under the Digital Single Market strategy banner, had been finalised by the European Parliament and Council. ...more
7/19/2017
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Cross-Border ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Freely Available Online Content ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Member State ,
New Legislation ,
Portability
DSM Watch has been tracking this, the first legislative proposal published by the Commission under the Digital Single Market strategy banner, since back in December 2015. The Commission’s aim was to allow consumers who pay...more
There is no end in sight regarding CJEU decisions on the meaning of “communication to the public“. On 26 April 2017, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled (C-527/15 – Filmspeler) that the sale of a multimedia player with...more
4/28/2017
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Digital Media ,
EU ,
Graphical User Interface ,
Internet ,
Internet Streaming ,
Netherlands ,
Technology Sector