On december, 22nd, The European Commission published on its own web site:
the annual report on the progress of key issues of the Digital Agenda.
As often happens, from this official report lights and shadows have emerged concerning the real progress of the EU towards the concrete realization of the principle items of
the Agenda (for more information see
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245R 01):EN:NOT).
Here we just wants to outline that the following items are, with no doubt, interesting for the audiovisual sector:
- The anticipation concerning the next revision of the Enforcement Directive on Intellectual Property Right’s (the original version has at least ten years, as it was done in the 2004);
- The attention dedicated to the dialogue between “players” in the market concerning funds for copyright: although it is an anusual practice, it’s having growing approval in the European scenario;
- The referring for the next three-year on the need to adopt measures to meet the growing demand of “Ict” services, financement to creative and cultural industries production’s and to their digital development;
- Deserve special attention the proposals concerning alternative resolution systems on online controversies proposed to protect users, which aim is to reduce the contentious in the digital sector. Moreover the announced revision on the guide-lines on State aid to the broadband development, a prerequisite for the broadcast and the digital content on Internet.