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		<title>Let roaming fees hang around for a while longer, EU countries say</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/04/let-roaming-fees-hang-around-for-a-while-longer-eu-countries-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Council of the European Union – the part of the EU legislature that represents member states – has formally laid out its stance on changing incoming legislation around roaming and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Alarms sound over changes to EU roaming, net neutrality and privacy rules</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/03/alarms-sound-over-changes-to-eu-roaming-net-neutrality-and-privacy-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Parliament's liberal-centrist bloc has warned over changes being made by EU countries to incoming telecoms legislation, saying they will severely weaken efforts to introduce unified net neutrality rules and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>EU publishes details of Amazon Luxembourg &#8220;state aid&#8221; tax probe</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/16/eu-publishes-details-of-amazon-luxembourg-state-aid-tax-probe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Amazon's Luxembourg tax arrangements, which may be illegal. Amazon funnels its European revenues through a complex transfer pricing set-up in the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>EU seeks opinions on using 700MHz spectrum for mobile broadband</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/13/eu-seeks-opinions-on-using-700mhz-spectrum-for-mobile-broadband/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to freeing up the valuable 700MHz airwaves for mobile broadband, Europe's wheels are slowly turning. Last September, former trade commissioner Pascal Lamy recommended that the spectrum should be&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Europeans have two weeks to return iTunes purchases for a refund</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/29/europeans-have-two-weeks-to-return-itunes-purchases-for-a-refund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kif Leswing]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has quietly introduced a 14-day return policy for iTunes, App Store, and iBooks purchases in several countries in Europe, according to 9to5Mac. The new policy is apparently in response to a European Commission&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft axes its EU browser choice mechanism after five years</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/microsoft-axes-its-eu-browser-choice-mechanism-after-five-years/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/microsoft-axes-its-eu-browser-choice-mechanism-after-five-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, Microsoft began offering a choice of browsers to European customers who were booting up a copy of Windows for the first time. It did this in order to settle an&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>EU digital economy chief downplays &#8220;Google tax&#8221; reports</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/eu-digital-economy-chief-downplays-google-tax-reports/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/eu-digital-economy-chief-downplays-google-tax-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ancillary copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since Germany's Günther Oettinger became the new EU commissioner for the digital economy, with copyright reform as part of his brief, he has been making noises about getting Google to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>EU digital chief tries to maintain single digital market momentum</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/08/eu-digital-chief-tries-to-maintain-single-digital-market-momentum/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/08/eu-digital-chief-tries-to-maintain-single-digital-market-momentum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrus Ansip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[European member states may be keen to water down current net neutrality proposals and push back against the centralization of radio spectrum policy in the EU, but new digital single market&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How Europe could cut Google down to size without splitting it up</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/28/how-europe-could-cut-google-down-to-size-without-splitting-it-up/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/28/how-europe-could-cut-google-down-to-size-without-splitting-it-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google's EU search antitrust case is a complex beast that is being overloaded by vested interests. Competition commission Margrethe Vestager would be best advised to keep her solutions simple, and here&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Looks like the EU net neutrality debate will run into 2015</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/27/looks-like-the-eu-net-neutrality-debate-will-run-into-2015/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/27/looks-like-the-eu-net-neutrality-debate-will-run-into-2015/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Council of the EU, representing the 28 member states, is currently debating how to finalize the strict net neutrality rules that the European Parliament handed it earlier this year. It&#8230;]]></description>
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