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e-Commerce Directive ),
a proposal for a Regulation on
contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets
Act).
These proposals are expected to affect various types of
providers of digital services (such as marketplaces, social media
platforms, content-sharing platforms) in the European Union (the
EU ) and to create a safer and more
open digital space while further developing the European Single
Market for digital services. The choice of a regulation that will
be directly applicable in all Member States (instead of a
directive) shall guarantee the implementation of uniform rights and
obligations for users and providers throughout the EU and improve
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On 6 January 2021, the European Commission published an Inception Impact Assessment seeking feedback on an initiative aimed at defining EU competition law s scope of application to self-employed workers (in advance of an open public consultation anticipated for spring 2021). This is part of a review kicked off last summer focused on improving working conditions for the growing ranks of self-employed – workers integral and increasingly active in the consumer-facing (and exceptionally popular) services offered via platform players. In particular, the Commission is keen to facilitate possibilities for collective bargaining amongst the self-employed by providing them clarity and certainty regarding compliance with the competition rules.
Internet-based services are about to see their world undergo a sea change. New EU regulation is in the offing, in the shape of the new Digital Services Act Package which aims at modernising the current legal framework for digital services. But what will be the impact of this legislative proposal on the audiovisual
As the Digital Services Act draft proposals head for Tuesday’s presentation in Brussels, Italy’s publishers and associated creative organizations issue concerns.
A December 13 shot from Venice where, on December 9, a newly installed system of artificial dams failed to activate with the traditional ‘acqua alta’ flooding coming in at some 4.5 feet above sea level, per news reports. Image – iStockphoto: Simone Crespiatico
Objecting to ‘Safe Harbor’ for Platforms
Today (December 14), Italy’s influential community of some 20 cultural and creative industry bodies is, in its own term, issuing a unanimous call for a “course correction” in the proposed regulations of the European Commission’s Digital Services Act.