Free ICT Manifesto publication
At the Sustainable leaders conference in Dublin we have launched the 2024 Manifesto with our Policy Recommendations!
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On October 1,2019, the launch of the Free ICT Europe / Deloitte report was done with a press conference in the Press Club in Brussels. The report reveals the impact of the ICT aftermarket to the European Economy and the Environment. Nurturing the ICT aftermarket, critical for hitting European environmental goals and economy The growing…
John Deere and General Motors want to eviscerate the notion of ownership. Sure, we pay for their vehicles. But we don’t own them. Not according to their corporate lawyers, anyway. In spectacular display of market manipulation, John Deere—the world’s largest agricultural machinery maker- told the US Copyright Office that farmers don’t own their tractors. Computer…
Product Liability Directive: an example of how important it is to voice our position in Brussels It has pushed forward by Free ICT Europe that updates to clarify the status of software and data, but also address the fact that technological products always need to be updated over time. Adopted nearly 40 years ago, the…
Since 2012 Reselling Software has been started by a number of brokers. Though little has been done to reassure owners of surplus software licenses and shelfware that, yes, indeed, licenses can be marketed and sold on. The European Court has restated the legality of the resale of software in Europe in its latest judgment: even…
As the EU recognised us as the official representative of the ICT Aftermarket, it is our responsibility to connect with the organisations which voice we are. To share information, concerns and experiences we see personal meetings as very valuable and prefer a smaller and confidential setting. We are pleased to invite you for our upcoming…
If you had to bury every product you’d ever bought before you purchased a new one,would you even have enough space in the garden to do it? It’s enough to make you stop and think: how much space can the landfills really hold? Laptops, smartphones, servers and more all have increasingly short lifespans, or at…