Intermediary Liability

EDiMA Documents - Press

• January 2012

• Online Intermediaries: Assessing the Economic Impact of the EU's Online Liability Regime

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• EDiMA Press Release on European Commission Communication on E-Commerce and new Copenhagen Economics Study

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• December 2011

• EDiMA/CCIA letter on HR 3261 "SOPA"

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• February 2011

• EDiMA response to Single Market Act consultation

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• April 2010

• EDiMA position on sale of counterfeit goods over the Internet

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• March 2010

• EDiMA Press Statement - Italian court disregards European Internet principles

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• February 2010

• EDiMA letter on proposed Italian draft decree implementing AVMS Directive (2007/65/EC)

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• January 2010

• Industry Partnership Contribution to the Spanish Presidency Digital Europe Strategy

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• European ICT Industry identifies seven action areas to fully exploit the potential of the ICT sector for European citizens and businesses

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• October 2009

• "The Digital Single Market: a key to unlock the potential of the knowledge based economy," Speech from European Commissioner Viviane Reding, delivered at EDiMA's European Paliament White Paper launch, 1 October 2009

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• September 2009

• EDiMA Press Statement on European Parliament White Paper Launch: Achieving a European Digital Single Market

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• June 2009

• EDiMA White Paper on policy strategy for the development of new media services 2009-2014

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• April 2009

• EDiMA position on IPR protection in the online environment

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• EDiMA press statement on ContraFake 2009 and online IPR infringement

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Industry News

• November 2011

• Court of Justice of the European Union delivers its judgment in the SABAM/Scarlet case.

• Council adopts Directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.

• EDiMA and EMOTA hold the 3rd Annual E-Commerce Conference.

• October 2011

• European Parliament approves MEP Roberta Angelilli’s (EPP, IT) report on Commission proposal for a Directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.

• EU Single Market Forum is held in Krakow, Poland.

• September 2011

• European Parliament releases study on The “Content Flat Rate”: A solution to illegal file sharing.

• European Commission adopts report and accompanying Working Paper on "Protecting Children in the Digital World".

• July 2011

• MEP Pablo Arias Echeverria (EPP, ES) presents conclusions of European Parliament e-commerce working group.

• May 2011

• European Commission releases Communication: "A Single Market for Intellectual Property Rights."

• February 2011

• MEP Pablo Echeverria (EPP, ES) presents the programme of the newly established e-commerce working group.

• January 2011

• DG MARKT launches a public consultation on the Commission Report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

• December 2010

• European Commission (DG MARKT) issues the implementation report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

• September 2010

• EP adopts MEP Gallo (EPP, France)’s report on the Enforcement of Intellectual property rights in the Internal Market.

• EP adopts MEP Echeverria’s (EPP, Spain)’s own-initiative report on “Completing the Internal Market for e-commerce”.

• August 2010

• DG Markt launches public consultation and questionnaire on the future of electronic commerce in the internal market and the implementation of the Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC)

• July 2010

• The European Commission adopts the “Retail Market Monitoring Report” and launches public consultation.

• June 2010

• IMCO Committee adopts draft report on “Completing the Internal Market for e-commerce”.

• ICT industry summary meeting with Spanish Presidency in Madrid

• JURI Committee adopts Gallo report on “Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market”.

• May 2010

• Rapporteur MEP Andreas Schwab (EPP, DE) presents new draft IMCO report on the proposed Consumer Rights Directive

• European Commission releases Communication on “A Digital Agenda for Europe”

• DG INFSO releases European Digital Competitive Report

• Publication of Professor Mario Monti’s Commission-backed report on “A new strategy for the Single Market”

• European Parliament ITRE Committee adopts own-initiative report on “A new Digital Agenda for Europe: 2015.eu” by Rapporteur MEP Pilar del Castillo Vera (EPP, ES)

• April 2010

• IMCO Committee adopts report on “Delivering a single market to consumers and citizens” by Rapporteur MEP Lois Grech (S&D, MT)

• EU Ministers for Telecommunications and Information Society approve the “Granada Declaration” for the new Digital Agenda proposed by the Spanish Presidency

• Rapporteur MEP Pablo Arias Echeverria’s (EPP, Spain) publishes own-initiative report on “Completing the Internal Market for e-commerce”.

• March 2010

• ITRE Committee adopts own-initiative report on “Defining a new Digital Agenda for Europe: from i2010 to digital.eu” from Rapporteur Pilar del Castillo (EPP, ES)

• February 2010

• Italian court decision in Vividown case potentially calls into question founding principles of the E-Commerce Directive

• November 2009

• UK government release Digital Britain Bill

• September 2009

• European Commission adopts Communication on enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the Internal Market

• April 2009

• European Commission launches the counterfeit observatory