Author Archives: Ad van Loon

Cross-border access to content in the Internal Market

On 13 January 2014 the European Commission finally announced a long overdue initiative to promote the freedom of movement of electronic content services in the […]

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Terrestrial broadcasting slowly coming to an end?

Ten years ago, in 2004, Ad van Loon (Founder and Owner of X-Media Strategies) predicted the end of the broadcasting era. He argued that television programme […]

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

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?

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

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.

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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