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Recital 19 of the DCD explains that ‘in order to cater for fast technological developments and to maintain the future-proof nature of the notion of digital content or digital service, this Directive should cover, inter alia, computer programmes, applications, video files, audio files, music files, digital games, e-books or other e-publications, and also digital services […] including software-as-a-service , such as video and audio sharing and other file hosting, word processing or games offered in the cloud computing environment and social media.’ It should be noted that while the second set of examples are clearly attributed to the category of digital services, the classification of the first set of examples as digital content or services depends on the mode of transmission or access as well as other specifics of the business model.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.