CISPE Launches European Cloud Competition Observatory
Established as key element of Microsoft Settlement, ECCO will scrutinise Unfair Software Licensing...
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CISPE and Microsoft Agree Settlement in Fair Software Licensing Case
Microsoft offers new product to settle unfair software licensing claims Nine-month deadline...
Big Boost for Fair Software Licensing
In spite of national holidays across Europe last week, it was a busy time for those campaigning...
CISPE Statement on most recent Broadcom concessions
Broadcom is responding to the pressure from customers, partners and the European Commission by...
Broadcom’s response to market outrage solves nothing
Minor changes, in response to pressure from European Commission, do not address key issues...
Microsoft Faces Global Scrutiny
South Africa joins growing list of jurisdictions probing Microsoft’s unfair software licensing...
France stands up for fair software licensing
Well done France! Yesterday, the two French parliamentary chambers reached a compromise text that...
Broadcom’s brutal contract termination and imposition of prohibitive new licensing terms will decimate Europe’s Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud services essential to public and private sector organisations, including local government,...
New Evidence: Selling Microsoft Software Destroys Profit Margin for Cloud Service Providers in Europe
Brussels, 8th March 2024. Cloud infrastructure providers in Europe are faced with an impossible...
CISPE and Microsoft Open Discussions on ending Unfair Software Licensing
Today, CISPE confirms that it has opened discussions with Microsoft aimed at resolving ongoing...
Yet More Evidence of Microsoft’s Discriminatory Prices in Europe
New research from CCIA reiterates the significant harm visited upon cloud infrastructure service...
Unfair Software Licensing is the Real Barrier
Google’s announcement on egress fees reiterates the message that CISPE has been relaying for...
Unfair Software Licensing Recognised as The Key Issue by Cloud Competition Inquiries
The Voice of Smaller Players Must be Heard as Discriminatory Prices Cause Ongoing Harm Last week...
The CMA must grasp this golden opportunity to end unfair software licensing
“Ofcom’s report [..] outlines concerns it has heard about the software licensing practices of some...
The DMA is nothing more than ‘un coup d’épée dans l’eau’
The expression in French is ‘un coup d’épée dans l’eau’. There is not direct equivalent in...
CISPE files application to contribute to federal antitrust proceedings against Microsoft in Germany
Berlin, July 19, 2023 - CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe) has applied in...
An investigation into Slack’s complaint is just the tip of the iceberg
If rumours in the Financial Times are to be believed, the European Commission is on the brink of...
France Steps into the Spotlight on Unfair Software Licensing
The Ten Principles for Fair Software Licensing were born in France, and last week returned to...
Kullanıcıların Ödediği Milyar Avroluk Haksız Yazılım Lisans Ücretleri
Profesör Jenny’nin Raporunun özeti; Bulut sektöründeki haksız ek ücretlerin olası maliyetlerini...
Die milliardenschwere ungerechtfertigte Softwarelizenzsteuer für EU-Kunden
Der Bericht von Professor Jenny: Unfaire Software-Lizenzierungspraktiken: Eine Quantifizierung der K...