It amazes me that as far as the EU has evolved, there are still regulatory hurdles like this for businesses to jump through. Problems like this should be the first thing an economic union strives to right.
That's exactly what the EU is trying to do away with! The laws are in place to enable the "inner market" and free trade within the Union. However with 12 new members it takes time to integrate. Not to mention the fact that the sovereign nations involved have no intention of dissolving into a federation. The EU is just a common framework not the United States of Europe. And while the EU has 27 members there are 47 European countries.
Andrew, I understand that. My point is that Brussels spends a lot of time squabbling over other issues (new members, foreign policy representation...etc), which seems to detract focus from economic issues like this.
A problem obviously exists with member states' laws, and Digital distribution of content is not something that is entirely new. In fact, it seems to have been common knowledge for several years that this is going represent a large area of growth for the foreseeable future. I'm simply surprised that it is just now being addressed.
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It amazes me that as far as the EU has evolved, there are still regulatory hurdles like this for businesses to jump through. Problems like this should be the first thing an economic union strives to right.
That's exactly what the EU is trying to do away with! The laws are in place to enable the "inner market" and free trade within the Union. However with 12 new members it takes time to integrate. Not to mention the fact that the sovereign nations involved have no intention of dissolving into a federation. The EU is just a common framework not the United States of Europe. And while the EU has 27 members there are 47 European countries.
Andrew,
I understand that. My point is that Brussels spends a lot of time squabbling over other issues (new members, foreign policy representation...etc), which seems to detract focus from economic issues like this.
A problem obviously exists with member states' laws, and Digital distribution of content is not something that is entirely new. In fact, it seems to have been common knowledge for several years that this is going represent a large area of growth for the foreseeable future. I'm simply surprised that it is just now being addressed.