The regulation of cloud computing: why the European Union failed to get it right

Konstantina Bania, Damien Geradin
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Cloud computing brings important benefits and it is expected to play a key role in facilitating the uptake of emerging technologies and applications, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, and high-performance computing. Despite its potential to deliver cost and time-efficient services, the majority of businesses in the EU have still not implemented cloud computing. This illustrates the need for a more widespread adoption of the technology. Yet, recent regulatory initiatives may obstruct the uptake of cloud services. This is arguably because such initiatives do not reflect a proper understanding of the market, which our paper intends to provide. To that end, the paper examines what cloud computing is and how it works. It subsequently discusses the EU’s attempts to regulate cloud computing, including the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act, and the Data Act proposal. Our analysis demonstrates that the logic of these instruments and the obligations they establish do not fit the characteristics and workings of cloud computing. The paper concludes by noting that future regulation must mirror the specificities of the cloud, which has a value chain and traits that differ significantly from other digital services, most notably online platforms.
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云计算的监管:为什么欧盟没能做好
云计算带来了重要的好处,预计它将在促进新兴技术和应用方面发挥关键作用,包括人工智能、区块链和高性能计算。尽管云计算具有提供低成本和省时服务的潜力,但欧盟的大多数企业仍然没有实施云计算。这说明需要更广泛地采用该技术。然而,最近的监管举措可能会阻碍云服务的普及。这是有争议的,因为这样的举措没有反映出对市场的正确理解,这是我们的论文想要提供的。为此,本文探讨了云计算是什么以及它是如何工作的。随后讨论了欧盟监管云计算的尝试,包括《数字市场法》、《数字服务法》和《数据法》提案。我们的分析表明,这些工具的逻辑及其建立的义务不适合云计算的特征和工作方式。论文最后指出,未来的监管必须反映云的特殊性,云具有价值链和与其他数字服务(尤其是在线平台)明显不同的特征。
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期刊介绍: The last decade has seen the introduction of computers and information technology at many levels of human transaction. Information technology (IT) is now used for data collation, in daily commercial transactions like transfer of funds, conclusion of contract, and complex diagnostic purposes in fields such as law, medicine and transport. The use of IT has expanded rapidly with the introduction of multimedia and the Internet. Any new technology inevitably raises a number of questions ranging from the legal to the ethical and the social. Information & Communications Technology Law covers topics such as: the implications of IT for legal processes and legal decision-making and related ethical and social issues.
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