Although subscription-based music services have existed for more than a decade, many still wonder whether Apple Music will again revolutionize the music business, like iTunes.

The EU’s probe of Google may be the opening salvo of regulatory actions taken against U.S. tech companies—and may be irrelevant in the end.

Congress has recently stepped up its efforts to reform the copyright system, which is woefully inadequate to deal with today’s rapidly evolving communication technologies. These efforts began early last year after Maria Pallante, the U.S. register of copyrights, urged lawmakers to review the existing system and come up with “the next great copyright act.”