Monday, 12 September 2011

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.
EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years
Billboard.biz
12) by the EU Council of Ministers in Brussels. The new regulations will be implemented by EUMember State Governments within the next two years. "The new directive intends to increase the level of protection of performers by acknowledging their ...
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User profiling fears real but paranoia unnecessary
ZDNet Asia
Following the call by a German privacy agency for local institutions to shut down their Facebook Pages and remove the "Like" button from their Web sites due to user profiling activities that contravenes German and European Union laws, industry watchers ...
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Half a million agency jobs 'threatened by new EU regulations'
People Management Magazine Online
Under the agency workers directive (AWD), due to take effect on 1 October, temporary workers will be entitled to the same rights – such as holiday and sick pay – as permanent staff, after 12 weeks' employment. Survey researchers have estimated that ...
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Tymoshenko trial: Gas, lies and stereotypes
EUobserver.com
Others fear it will become too successful and join the European Union - the allegedly 'political' case against Tymoshenko presents an opportunity to torpedo its European aspirations. The ruling regime has done a lousy job of communicating his side of ...
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