Like libel laws and consumer-safety rules, Internet-related regulations can be dealt with piecemeal, one country at a time.

WSJ: The Keepers of the Keyboard

Even more than makers of physical goods, Europe's service providers are hindered by all sorts of petty bureaucratic rules, often justified on dubious health, safety or consumer-protection grounds, which discourage them from entering new markets.

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