The article does NOT describe the situation. The situation is different and is explained by this part of the Directive: "This shall not prevent any technical st

The article does NOT describe the situation. The situation is different and is explained by this part of the Directive: "This shall not prevent any technical storage or access for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or as strictly necessary in order for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide the service" And by the further comments to the text, clearly reducing the so claimed 'stupidity'. Pascal Van Hecke wrote a useful comment explaining the situation and clearing the misunderstandings. The comment can be read here: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/03/09/stupid-eu-cookie-law-will-hand-the-advantage-to-the-us-kill-our-startups-stone-dead/#comment-162920924 http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/03/09/stupid-eu-cookie-law-wil... The real problem about this Directive (it's not a law, European Union does not make laws!), is how it will be converted in law by the single Countries; this could be the real source of confusion. The real purpose of this directive is forcing to ask explicit consent for behavioral targeting purposes, not for simple analytics' cookies. We can't create buzz based on a misunderstanding!