Spectrum?
I thought this was a Captain Scarlet story when I saw the headline.
While anti-piracy measures may have grabbed the headlines, the EU's Telecoms Package also endorses Ofcom-style spectrum liberalisation across Europe - to a point. The package, which was voted in today, states that radio spectrum should not be allocated by application; licensees should be free to do with it as they will. But it …
An interesting PR on the KIT website seems to argue for similar changes; I was one of the participants in the Radio Diversity Round Table and it's starting to look like this issue has the attention of at least some academics: http://www.kit.edu/english/55_552.php