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European Parliament accepts telecoms competition laws
News The European Parliament has accepted a compromise telecom package to open up the telecommunications market to internal competition. The implications will be huge," said a spokeswoman at the European Parliament (EP).
[December 13, 2001, 16:20]
European Parliament blocks patent liberalisation
News The European Parliament on Wednesday voted against a proposal that would have allowed companies to defend nationally granted patents throughout the EU region. Rufus Pollock, the director of FFII UK, said that the Parliament's vote was a "great...
[March 16, 2006, 9:35]
European Parliament restricts access to personal data
News The European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee approved a report by the radical MEP Marco Cappato on Wednesday, in favour of a strict regulation of law enforcement authorities' access to personal data in the electronic communications sector.
[July 12, 2001, 15:54]
European Parliament urges open source protection against Echelon
News The European Parliament is suggesting that individuals and business routinely encrypt all emails to help protect them from eavesdropping by Echelon, the communications spy network. In its draft report into Echelon, the European Parliament says that...
[May 24, 2001, 20:20]
European Parliament set to approve roaming cuts
News On Thursday, the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, and the Culture and Education Committee, approved a European Commission proposal to reduce international mobile-roaming charges by 70 percent.
[March 22, 2007, 16:11]
European Parliament to get new powers over Oftel
News The European Parliament has voted to adopt three draft directives dealing with a proposed new regulatory framework for communications networks that will put now limits on bodies such as the UK's telecoms regulator Oftel.
[March 5, 2001, 6:39]
News Burst: European parliament votes for faster unbundling
News European Parliament votes in favour Thursday of the EC's proposals to open up telecoms across Europe, promising lower access prices and a faster rollout of broadband service. The ratification from the European Parliament means the regulation will...
[October 26, 2000, 14:53]
European Parliament cries foul over patent directive
News The European Parliament (EP) and the Danish parliament are investigating whether the EU Council broke procedural rules by adopting the draft directive on software patents in the face of opposition from ministers.
[March 9, 2005, 12:30]
Patents directive wins European Parliament OK
News The European Parliament has voted to approve a highly controversial directive governing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions -- including software -- but with amendments that appear to be a victory for critics of the original...
[September 24, 2003, 18:05]
European Parliament blocks patent liberalisation
Talkback One must be very poorly informed today to even consider software patents at the EU level. The only way to put a stop to all that lobbying, conflict of interests and the rest is to ban software patents all together for the next 50 years or so.
[March 20, 2006, 22:48]
European parliament launches investigation into Echelon
News The investigation will concentrate on whether the US and other involved countries have used this network to gain business advantage for companies. This follows the announcement that France's counter-intelligence agency will carry out its own...
[July 7, 2000, 16:46]
EU decision on email spam imminent
News According to sources within the European Parliament, a decision has already been made and will be announced this afternoon. The Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs committee will decide whether or not the European Parliament...
[July 11, 2001, 12:43]
Court outlaws EU-US passenger data transfer
News The judgement follows six pleas by the European Parliament around the exchange of Passenger Name Records (PNR). The deal was struck two years ago between the European Commission and the United States government, despite opposition by the European...
[May 30, 2006, 12:30]
Torvalds and Cox oppose software patents law
News Two of the most prominent figures in the Linux world, Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox, are urging the European Parliament to reject a proposed directive on software patents when it comes up for a vote this week, saying it would bring "chaos" to...
[September 22, 2003, 14:25]
Software patent limits 'go too far'
News The European Parliament may have ruined its opportunity to reform the EU's software patents system with Wednesday's vote to approve the Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions, according to a patent law expert.
[September 26, 2003, 17:50]
Politicians demand fresh start for patent directive
News Members of the European Parliament from countries including Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden have asked for the software patent directive to be redone from scratch, according to a report on Monday.
[January 10, 2005, 11:50]
EU directive 'could spark patent war'
News The European Parliament's decision to limit patents as they apply to software and business methods risks creating a "patent war", with fallout that could make it illegal to access some European e-commerce sites from the US, analyst firm Gartner...
[October 3, 2003, 13:20]
Web firms 'must learn from cookie close shave'
News The European Parliament's decision on Wednesday not to clamp down on the use of Web cookies is a wake-up call for the online industry, according to insiders. Mark Wilding, client services director at Intellitracker -- a Web usage analysis firm...
[May 31, 2002, 13:43]
Software patents make a mockery of European ideals
Leader Barring an exceptional parliamentary earthquake, the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive will be rubber-stamped by the European Parliament and will in time become law across the Union. Whole countries opposed it, its proponents couldn't...
[March 7, 2005, 12:35]
EU data retention laws face rough ride
News The European parliament could reject proposals next week for laws to retain the data of telephone and internet service providers (ISPs) for three years. The European parliament will debate the matter on Tuesday.
[June 2, 2005, 14:40]
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