The emergence of the internet as a place for buying, sharing and downloading content has created challenges for policymakers and stakeholders, including combatting
piracy, stimulating demand for legal content offers, reforming content licensing and clearly establishing consumer rights.
Copyright is the basis for creative industries, collecting societies and artists to earn income from audio and visual work.
In the debate on piracy, mobile operators face the prospect of being liable for any
illegal content transmitted over their networks, complying with burdensome monitoring obligations or disclosing user information without a court order.