Brits should be able to buy books more easily from Belgian retailers.<br /><br /> And Belgians should be able to watch their favour TV series on British websites.<br /><br /> The EU executive, the European Commission, wants to break down barriers, such as copyright rules, which it says hinder online trading across borders.<br /><br /> “Let us do away with all those fences and walls that block us online,” said Andrus Ansip, the Commission vice president for the digital single market.<br /><br /> Officials are focusing on ideas such as simplifying VAT rules and copyright law across Europe.<br /><br /> “Europe cannot be at the forefront of the digital revolution with a patchwork of 28 different rules for telecommunications services, copyright, IT security and data protection,” said Günther Oettinger, the commissioner for the digital economy and society.<br /><br /> According to the Commission, only 15 percent of Europeans buy goods online from other EU countries.<br /><br /> But organisations backed by publishers and the film industry say there are<br />risks.
