Monthly Archives: January 2014

U.S. retransmission case to be decided by Supreme Court

By Ad van Loon | Published: January 15, 2014

On 10th January 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it will take on and eventually resolve the ongoing dispute between Aereo and a group of […]

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Does AT&Ts Sponsored Data Plan violate net neutrality rules?

By Ad van Loon | Published: January 9, 2014

On 6 January 2014, AT&T announced its Sponsored Data Plan at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. In short, the Plan ensures that subscribers to an […]

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Home copying levies can only compensate for downloads from legal sources

By Ad van Loon | Published: January 9, 2014

Amounts paid to rightholders from home copying levies should not be considered as a form of remuneration in exchange for their permission to allow reproductions […]

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Future of the “safe harbor” arrangement for personal data transfers to the U.S.

By Ad van Loon | Published: January 8, 2014

On Wednesday, 15th January 2014, the European Parliament will have a debate the the ‘Future of the Safe Harbour Agreement in the light of the […]

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Home copying levies revisited

By Ad van Loon | Published: January 6, 2014

Under the current system of private copying levies an estimated € 600 million is collected annually by collective rights management organisations. The European Parliament is […]

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Review of the EU copyright rules

By Ad van Loon | Published: January 6, 2014

On 5th December 2013, the European Commission launched a Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. The deadline for submissions was set […]

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