Dutch anti-piracy organisation BREIN has been granted the status of trusted flagger by the Dutch digital services coordinator (ACM), as of 29 September 2025.
Trusted flaggers are organisations recognised by the ACM that are deemed reliable to detect, identify and report illegal content to online platforms, such as hosting providers, social media and online marketplaces. These parties are obliged to treat reports from trusted flaggers as a priority.
“The trusted flagger status feels like recogn...

Performers regrouped through AEPO-ARTIS, the European Association of Performers Organisations, are “strongly opposed” to the conclusions of the European Commission’s recently published Report on the application of the Term Extension Directive (2011/77/EU), which recommends delaying for two more years decisions regarding performers’ rights.
Directive 2011/77/EU (‘Term Extension Directive’) amended the Directive on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (Directive 2006/116/...

President Donald Trump has confirmed his plans of “imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside the US,” sending a shock message to Hollywood and the global film industry.
“Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing candy from a baby,” wrote Trump on Truth Social, using the same rhetoric as last My when he first floated the idea of imposing taxes of films entering the US or filmed outside of the US.
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