The RIAA is definitely one of the most hated organizations among internet users along with the MPAA for frequently preventing people from sharing music and video online, as well as restricting the use of media in general.

But these organizations are in the US and when it comes to Europe things can get A LOT worse. European internet law is significantly behind that of the US and in my view there is an inherent misunderstanding and lack of clarification of what is legal and what isn’t.

The other day I talked about how Bill Gates was bigging up the future of TV using internet technology. Microsoft is already well placed in the IPTV arena and its IPTV platform is being used by a large number of TV providers including big names like AT&T, BT and Verizon. CE Pro has an awesome table showing all of the companies using Microsoft’s IPTV platform and what these companies are doing. Below is a summary…