Policy Observatory

On September 9, 2015, the Ministry of Culture had a meeting with representatives of the Coalición de Creadores (an association publishing piracy studies) in order to study together with the industry what new copyright measures can be put in place.

More statistics and how the new Spanish Intellectual Property Law was implemented are available in Spanish here.

A new regulation passed by the “Bundestag” enforces internet access providers to provide customers with information about the expected bandwidth of an internet connection before a contract is signed. This information shall include the minimum and maximum bandwidth, as well as the expected average. Internet Access Providers are also obliged to inform customers about the actual bandwidth available once the connection is available.