A European Parliament video on copyright reform in the EU. Modernising copyright laws across Europe is like solving a riddle, when so many of us are no longer only consumers but also creators, editors, publishers and, possibly, criminals.
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE, President of Film Distributors’ Association (FDA), delivered a keynote address on 31 March that included some considerations about the Single Digital Market and the film industry...
When looking for a dentist in their city, consumers expect that the results displayed to them are the most relevant ones chosen from across the web on the basis of meritocracy. However, the reality is that when performing a local search on Google today, a significant portion of the page is dedicated to results powered only by Google+ Local. Focus on the User http://www.focusontheuser.eu/ is a simple tool that allows for better results from across the web to be displayed to the consumer, rather than results exclusively powered by Google+.
Internet without borders - is it possible? Yes. The Digital Single Market will enable delivery without the hassle of extra costs and will help those in conflict with companies who did not deliver on time or at all. We welcome this and much more in the upcoming proposal by the European Commission in May 2015.
Professor Gesche Joost from the German Design Research Lab and Digital Champion of Germany outlines her "napkin" digital single market vision at the Startup Europe Summit 2015 at Factory Berlin. She mentions the need for: harmonised copyright rules strong pan-European consumer rights elimination of...
Film by Chris Conder. Short film made whilst connecting new customers to the B4RN network, helping with #connectingEurope to enable every citizen to be digital with a fit for purpose connection.
"Accessing data in different member states: there should be full transparency". Charles Armstrong, Founder at The Trampery and CEO at trampolinesystems.com answered during the Startup Europe Summit some questions about how Digital Single Market could help the Startup ecosystem.
"It is complicated for startups that work in the European space to scale up at European level". Alberto Onetti, Chairman of Mind the Bridge Foundation is also coordinating the startupeuropepartnership.eu - an EU funded organisation. Watch here his views about how important a Digital Single Market...
"Make the Euopean market as a whole is very helpful. Today it is not such a one; today it is very local". Marco Marinucci, CEO of the Mindthebridge.org is also Angel Investor and entrepreneur, founder and managing partner of MTS, a seed venture capital fund. Watch to see what he thinks of the...
"We need to ease methods of Venture Capital investment in the Single European Digital Market". Simon Schaefer was the host of the Startup Europe Summit as Founder and CEO of the Factory. He happily shared his views on how to improve the ecosystem for Startups in Europe with a Digital Single Market.
The Digital4Europe Stakeholder Forum was a success with more than 500 people attending and with a great exchange of ideas about which challenges the Digital Single Market needs to address. Robert Madelin , Director General of DG Connect, summarised accurately in his closing remarks what was...
"Solving the taxation problem of VAT, particularly for ecommerce companies when doing business accross borders". We met Robin Wauters, Founding Editor at Tech.eu, at the Startup Europe Summit (13th February, hold in the Factory) and we asked him "What does Digital Single Market mean for you? And...
Günther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, participated at the Startup Europe Summit February 2015. During his FSide Chat he adressed the need of a Digital Single Market...
Andrus Ansip, EC Vice President for Digital Single Market, participated at the Startup Europe Summit February 2015. During his FSide Chat he adressed some fundamentals about his portfolio, the Digital Single Market.
"Creating incentives for big companies in Europe to adquire startups (...) and enabling much greater broadband accross Europe (...)". Mike Butcher is a relevant tech journalist, editor-at-large of TechCrunch. The Startup Europe Summit in Berlin was a nice opportunity to meet him and asked him which...