Today, MEPs on the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament were asked to decide: Should your freedom to participate on the web be restricted to serve corporate interests – or should alternative measures be adopted that safeguard fundamental rights?
Despite a massive outpouring of protest from voters during these last few days, the […]
more ›Twenty-one months of debate are coming to a point. In less than 24 hours, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament will decide which of these two proposals will go ahead:
The Oettinger/Voss plans for a link tax and censorship machines, which will restrict how you can participate online all for the benefit of […]
more ›With two weeks to go until the crucial vote in the European Parliament, more and more people are becoming aware of the looming plans for “censorship machines” and a “link tax” in the EU. (Catch up on these plans here.) People are realising:
Our freedom to upload media and share links, and thus to express […]
more ›Update from May 25th 2018, 13:37: Member State governments have today adopted their position on the copyright reform, with no significant changes to the upload filters and link tax provisions. It is now up to Parliament to stop them.
This week, people across the world are learning what they need to do to comply with […]
more ›Should the EU introduce an extra copyright for news sites, restricting how we can share news online? The controversy around this plan continues to brew – this time in the Council, where the member state governments are trying to find a consensus.
The member states have failed to reach an agreement in the Council’s expert group on […]
more ›MEPs from all major political groups in the European Parliament joined me for a campaign video warning of negative consequences of a provision of the planned EU copyright reform.
We are sending a message to today’s meeting of the Council’s working group on intellectual property, in which the EU member state governments are seeking […]
more ›Last week we learned that the Estonian Council Presidency endorses the European Commission’s plans for censorship machines – a planned law that would force online platforms to surveil all user uploads in search of copyrighted content.
Six EU member states expressed doubts about the legality of this proposal, we learn today in a new leak. Statewatch made […]
more ›The Estonian Council Presidency has doubts about introducing an extra copyright for news sites in the EU, but generally supports turning internet platforms into censorship machines to try to prevent copyright infringement, leaks reveal.
Estonia currently heads the Council, which represents the Member States’ interests in the EU lawmaking process, and which needs to come […]
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Article 13 in conjunction with Recitals 38 and 39 of the proposed EU copyright reform/expansion
Also called: Article 13, Censorship Machines, Value Gap, Transfer of Value, Upload monitoring, Robocopyright, #DeleteArt13, #SaveYourInternet
Commission proposal
Internet platforms hosting “large amounts” of user-uploaded content must monitor user behavior and […]
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Current status: FINAL VOTE UPCOMING ProposalThe European Commission proposed a legal initiativeSeptember 2016 Committee positionThe appropriate committee of the Parliament adopted a positionJune 20, 2018 Plenary positionThe Parliament adopted its position, making changes to the one suggested by its committeeSeptember 12, 2018 TrilogueClosed-door compromise negotiations between Parliament, […]
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