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Success or failure of the W3C’s DNT working group?
On 21 January 2014 MEPs Amelia Andersdottir (Greens/EFA) and Françoise Castex (S+D) organised a panel with the title “Do Not Track – Is Self-Regulation Enough?” with among others Robert Madelin (DG-CONNECT) and François Dubois (DG-JUST) on the panel. The discussion concentrated mainly on the perceived success or failure of the W3C’s DNT working group on […]
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European Parliament vote on Collective Rights Management Directive
On 3 February 2014, the European Parliament adopted new rules for collective management organisations and for cross-border licences for online music services. The Directive was adopted by 640 votes in favour, 18 against and 22 abstentions – which is an impressive majority. On one hand, the text improves the management of collective management organisations (CMOs), […]
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EP Committees: Broadly positive votes on net neutrality
In the last two weeks, the three European Parliament Committees have adopted their advisory “opinions” on the European Commission’s proposals on net neutrality – which are part of a wide-ranging Regulation that also covers topics as varied as roaming and spectrum management. These opinions are meant to advise the Committee responsible – the Industry Committee […]
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European Parliament’s draft report condemns US & UK intelligence services’ mass surveillance
Edward Snowden, the former US intelligence agency contractor who has revealed NSA documents showing mass surveillance programmes like Prism operated by America’s NSA intelligence agency and Tempora by the UK’s GCHQ, is to give testimony in front of the European Parliament (EP). It is not yet known when this will take place and the conditions […]
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