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  • European Commission welcomes European Parliament approval of sweeping reforms to strengthen competition and consumer rights on Europe's telecoms markets 24 Nov 2009 11:32 GMT
    ... European Commission welcomes European Parliament approval of sweeping reforms ... telecoms markets, from better coverage with fast internet broadband connections across Europe, and from a stronger ... regulation”, said Viviane Reding, the EU’s Telecoms Commissioner . ”It is good news for Europe’s ...

  • Net disconnection requires involvement of judge, says Commissioner 24 Nov 2009 18:04 GMT
    ... Net disconnection requires involvement of judge, says Commissioner Net disconnection requires involvement of judge, says ... pass laws allowing for the termination of internet connections used by suspected file-sharers without the oversight ... by record labels. A spokeswoman for the European Commission said that there was not a black ...

  • European Parliament adopts telecom laws after bitter debate 24 Nov 2009 23:36 GMT
    ... issue of illegal file sharing over the Internet. The laws are designed to give European citizens ... markets," said Viviane Reding, the E.U.'s telecoms commissioner who initiated the reforms and played a ... be used to ensure that the next European Commission that takes office early next year will ...

  • Repression not the way to fight internet piracy: Reding 24 Nov 2009 06:55 GMT
    ... Repression not the way to fight internet piracy: Reding With a new internet freedom provision ... unveiled by the European Parliament, information society commissioner Viviane Reding said repressive tactics such as ... of copyright-protected material.” Reding said the next European Commission will have the task of developing a ...

  • Reding warns Spain against internet cut-off 24 Nov 2009 08:51 GMT
    ... "If Spain cuts off internet access without a procedure in front of a ... would certainly run into conflict with the European Commission," she said. Earlier this year, France introduced ... reflected in the Telecoms Reform Package." The commissioner then went on to criticise France's Hadopi' ...

  • EU curbs Spain on Internet piracy laws 24 Nov 2009 16:51 GMT
    ... warned Spain it may not cut off Internet access to suspected content pirates without EU-determined due process of law. told the Spanish ... will run Spain into conflict with the European Commission, the EU Observer reported Tuesday. The European ...

  • EU change 'safeguards internet users' 24 Nov 2009 15:26 GMT
    ... European Parliament has approved an overhaul of EU telecoms law aimed at boosting the rights ... the rights of European mobile phone and internet users. The move, after months of bargaining, was eventually ... connections for all Europeans,' said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding, welcoming the news. Under the ...

  • EU change curbs net cut-off powers 24 Nov 2009 15:35 GMT
    ... European Parliament has approved an overhaul of EU telecoms law aimed at boosting the rights ... the rights of European mobile phone and internet users. The move, after months of bargaining, was eventually ... connections for all Europeans,' said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding, welcoming the news. Under the ...

  • EU MPs back greater rights for Internet users 24 Nov 2009 20:56 GMT
    ... parliament has approved a major overhaul of EU telecoms law aimed at boosting the rights ... the rights of European mobile phone and Internet users and protection against access restrictions. The move, after months ... connections for all Europeans,” said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding, welcoming the news. ’s telecoms ...

  • EU parliament backs greater rights for telecoms, Internet users 24 Nov 2009 17:31 GMT
    ... parliament approved Tuesday a major overhaul of EU telecoms law aimed at boosting the rights ... the rights of European mobile phone and Internet users and protection against access restrictions. The move, after months ... and for all Europeans," said EU Telecoms Commissioner for Europe?s telecoms operators and consumers is ...

  • European Parliament passes telecoms reforms 24 Nov 2009 13:36 GMT
    ... protection, and quite possibly, operator headaches. , EU Telecoms Commissioner, since 2007, proposes a somewhat controversial overhaul ... would have allowed national authorities to kick internet users offline for illegally downloading copyrighted material without intervention ...

  • Threat to Eircom 'three strikes' plan 24 Nov 2009 14:14 GMT
    ... 24, 2009, 14:10 Eircom's plan to ban internet subscribers who persistently download music illegally has been ... package, which was first proposed by the European Commission in November 2007, includes a provision to ... yesterday in Barcelona, the European Union's telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding said that the reform package ...

  • Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty 24 Nov 2009 18:22 GMT
    ... supremo, Javier Solana, and the external affairs commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, to give the EU more ... influence on the world stage. A smaller European Commission, with fewer commissioners than there are member ... not responsible for the content of external internet sites ...

  • Spain warned on filesharing cut-offs 24 Nov 2009 12:54 GMT
    ... Communications Commissioner Viviane Reding has warned Spain to look ... required. Reding said: "If Spain cuts off internet access without a procedure in front of a ... would certainly run into conflict with the European Commission." She said repression alone would not solve ...

  • EU votes through Telecoms Package final text 24 Nov 2009 19:32 GMT
    ... two years of debate on how the EU Telecoms Rules of 2002 should be reworked ... of the potential detrimental effect on citizens' internet freedoms. operators will be allowed to restrict access ... AT&T and Verizon. However, Viviane Reding, the European Commission representative for Information Society and Media, claimed ...


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