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Europe wants to smash ‘barriers’ to digital health

Updated: Universal/EMI must sell crown jewels to protect iTunes challengers

Europe wants operators to share their spectrum

Europe’s digital chief hopes France can liberalise digital copyright

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Europe wants to smash ‘barriers’ to digital health

Updated: Universal/EMI must sell crown jewels to protect iTunes challengers

Europe wants operators to share their spectrum

Europe’s digital chief hopes France can liberalise digital copyright

Cloud Services Reach High On Europe’s Radar To Boost Economy

EC Says Telco Standards Could Make €110 Billion New Digital Content Market

Europe Says It Won’t Adopt ‘Bad’ Digital Policy Like SOPA

EU To Focus On Digital Content Policy In 2012

Europe Thinks Open Data Could Add €40 Billion To Its Economy

Europe Probing Apple And Publishers For E-book Price ‘Cartel’

Europe Marches Its Airwaves Toward 4G By 2013

Europe Probes Banks For E-Payments Monopoly

Europe Wants U.S.-Style ‘Do Not Track’ Standard

France Lets Book Publishers Fix Minimum E-book Prices

ISPs Monitoring For Illegal Downloads Breaches Privacy, EU Official Says

UK’s New VOD Regulator Ruffling Operators’ Feathers

Euro Court Refereeing In Online Jurisdiction Football Case

Publishers’ iPad Subs’ Grumbles Earn Apple Antitrust Attention

Greek Plan To Tax Web Ads At 21.5 Percent Draws Fire

European Telcos Want Search Engines To Pay For Net Use

UK Will Urge EC To Legalise Mashups, Format-Shifting, Content Sharing

News Publishers Call On Europe To Support Them Against Aggregators

EC Wants Faster Digital TV Switchover, Resolution To Telco Roadblock

BT Should Give Rivals High-Speed Access Under EC Rules

French Assembly Finally Approves Three-Strikes By Slim Majority

Euro-MPs Stick To Their Guns On Three-Strikes Court Permission

Europe Backs Off France’s Anti-Piracy Moves; Compromise Agreement Struck

Updated: Euro-MPs Again Vote Against Three-Strikes Piracy Measure

France’s Three-Strikes Move Closer, On Collision Course With Europe

Europe Agrees Telecoms Reform, But Three-Strikes Still Undecided

Europe Warns Web Firms To Improve User Privacy Frameworks

EU Roaming Data Prices Set To Fall By 75 Percent By 2011

Social Nets’ Child Safety Pledge: Five Ways To Prevent Cyber-Bullying

Mobile Data, SMS Price Cap Opposed By Group Of Euro MPs

US Music Biz’s New Tune On P2P Sings From Europe’s Hymnsheet

EU Ministers Agree Mobile Data Price Cap, Reject Wider Reforms

Cheaper EU Data Roaming Moving Nearer; Three Strikes Also Under Discussion

Spain’s Proposed Broadband Regulations May Be Illegal, Europe Warns

Europe Wants To Spearhead ‘Web 3.0’ – Whatever That Is…

EU Strikes Off France’s Three Strikes, But French Will Go Ahead Anyway

Roaming Data Price Cap Plan Debated By European Politicians

EU Data Costs ‘Seriously Harming’ Content Market

EC Telco Vote: Content/Network Split Nears, ISP Monitoring Denied

EC Relaxes Ad Limits To Save Struggling News Publishers

Belgian Newspapers Continue To Bite Hand That Feeds Them

PVRs May Be Liable For EU Levy On Recording Devices

Private Copying Levy: Hardware Makers Ready For Europe-Wide ‘iPod Tax’?

Astroturfing, Flogging And 29 Other Dodgy Sales Practices Now Illegal

EU Parliament Warns Against ISP Monitoring In Music Piracy Fight

Subscribers Must Be Allowed To Circumvent Content Filters, Europe Says

EC Clears Huge French Aid For Multimedia Search Project

EC Clears Huge French Aid For Multimedia Search Project

France’s Web Tax Policy Panned By EC Media Commissioner

Belgian Newspaper Group May Sue EC For Linking To Articles

European Patchwork A Possible Sticking Point For iTunes Movie Rentals

EC Asks Views On State Aid And Public Service Online Media

Apple Lowers UK iTunes Prices For EU Harmony; Demands Labels Follow Suit

UK Won’t Oppose EU’s Product Placement Green Light: Report

EU Wants DRM Interoperability, Cross-Border Licensing To Bolster Content Sector

EU Considers Aping France’s Disconnect-The-Pirates Law

Music Royalty Reform Delays ‘Hold Back’ Labels; A DRM-Free Price War

UK VOD Players To Patrol Themselves; EU Directive Becomes Self-Regulation

Apple, Record Labels Each Deny Culpability For EC Price Differentials

Apple, Record Labels To Defend EC iTunes Antitrust Charges This Month

Thomson-Reuters Put Merger Case To European Regulators

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EC, US Approve Sony-BMG, Reed-ChoicePoint Takeovers

Thomson-Reuters Expect DoJ To Approve Merger Along With EC