EU's Copyright Directive, what's next for SME Instrument, €70M for Evaneos, global “Right to be forgotten,” the future of TomTom, and more

On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: The European Parliament has passed the copyright directive, which contains the infamous Article 11, aka the link tax, and Article 13, aka the upload filter and the meme killer. - The Copyright Directive - Data mining: why the EU’s proposed copyright measures get it wrong - EU copyright reform will spell disaster for sports fans - Everything you need to know about europe’s new copyright directive What’s next for the EU’s grant schemes for entrepreneurs and researchers: an interview with the director of EASME Julien Guerrier. French travel platform Evaneos has picked up €70 million in a Series D funding round led by Partech. This is the the largest deal we tracked last week. How is TomTom doing? An interview with Corinne Vigreux, co-founder of TomTom and founder of Codam.nl. Google and the EU are fighting the possibility of expanding the “right to be forgotten” globally. Events coming up in Europe: - Angel Island, Amsterdam - Lviv IT Arena - France Digitale Day, Paris - Oslo Innovation Week - Cybertech Europe, Rome Recommendations from Natalie and Andrii - Hedge, a book by Nicolas Colin of the Family - The Copenhagen Catalog - How An International Hacker Network Turned Stolen Press Releases Into $100 Million - Darknet Diaries Podcast Image credit: David Iliff For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy