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TMT weekly highlights—21 September 2017

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Published on: 21 September 2017

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Table of contents

Information technology
Examining cloud computing storage issues for remote video (VCAST Limited b RTI SpA)
EU Commission outlines cybersecurity strategy to ensure ‘products and services are cyber-secure’
Media
CMA merger: Merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky referred for phase 2 investigation
Prime Minister pushes for automatic blocking of terrorist content
Copyright collecting societies to use blockchain for tracking royalties
Latest IPO report sees better understanding of the sector
Telecommunications
Views sought on revised calling line identification (CLI) guidance

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Article summary

This week’s edition of TMT highlights includes analysis of VCAST Limited v RTI SpA which considered copyright infringement (under Italian law) in the recording and storage of remote video by a consumer on its own cloud storage space; the European Commission’s strategy for bolstering cybersecurity across the EU; and the referral of Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky to the CMA.

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