The European Parliament on Tuesday gave final approval to Article 13, a controversial part of a wider directive that shakes up the rules around copyright in the European Union. The new rules will have ramifications for online platforms, content owners and creators, and the general public.
The proposed new framework, now approved, has sparked widespread debate among the platforms, public, and content firms. The platforms, including YouTube and Facebook, largely objected while many creatives supported moves to ensure they are compensated for distribution of their work, and there are sufficient efforts to fight piracy.
“The directive aims to enhance rights holders’ chances, notably musicians, performers and script authors, (creatives) as well as news publishers, to negotiate better remuneration deals for the use of their works when these feature on internet platforms,” the Parliament said in notes accompanying the announcement that the directive passed.
Crucially, the rules approved in Strasbourg include what...
The proposed new framework, now approved, has sparked widespread debate among the platforms, public, and content firms. The platforms, including YouTube and Facebook, largely objected while many creatives supported moves to ensure they are compensated for distribution of their work, and there are sufficient efforts to fight piracy.
“The directive aims to enhance rights holders’ chances, notably musicians, performers and script authors, (creatives) as well as news publishers, to negotiate better remuneration deals for the use of their works when these feature on internet platforms,” the Parliament said in notes accompanying the announcement that the directive passed.
Crucially, the rules approved in Strasbourg include what...
- 3/26/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Tech giants such as Google and Facebook would be forced to pay for content.
The European Union’s reform of copyright rules to fit the digital age - which would obligate platforms such as Google and Facebook to pay for content driving traffic to their sites - moved towards completion following a crucial European Parliament vote in favour of the new legislation late on Wednesday.
The reform of the EU Copyright Directive, created in 2001, has been rumbling on since 2014. It has pitted content creators across all disciplines, and the bodies representing them, against the big digital platforms and other organisations which exploit artists’ rights digitally.
The European Union’s reform of copyright rules to fit the digital age - which would obligate platforms such as Google and Facebook to pay for content driving traffic to their sites - moved towards completion following a crucial European Parliament vote in favour of the new legislation late on Wednesday.
The reform of the EU Copyright Directive, created in 2001, has been rumbling on since 2014. It has pitted content creators across all disciplines, and the bodies representing them, against the big digital platforms and other organisations which exploit artists’ rights digitally.
- 2/14/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
YouTube users could soon find much less content available on the video-streaming platform once known for hosting anything and everything. A controversial copyright reform proposal in Europe — a bundle of legislation aimed at updating copyright law for the digital age called the Copyright Directive — was just approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday, meaning it now only has to pass one final vote before being signed into a law that would curtail user-generated platforms across the Internet.
While the Copyright Directive tackles publishing and licensing updates across a number of industries in Europe,...
While the Copyright Directive tackles publishing and licensing updates across a number of industries in Europe,...
- 9/13/2018
- by Amy X. Wang
- Rollingstone.com
European Union lawmakers today adopted a revised negotiating position on a series of controversial copyright rules known as the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. European Parliament members voted 438 to 226 on the reforms that seek fair compensation for copyrighted material, but which still face opposition over concerns the regs could be a blow to a free and open internet.
At the heart of what has been a heated debate are Articles 11 and 13. The former includes what has been dubbed by the opposition as a “link tax” whereby websites would pay a fee for printing excerpts of news stories or linking to them. Article 13 would make digital platforms, think YouTube and Facebook, liable for any copyright infringements on uploaded content, and could require a filter to block illegal postings.
The copyright reform was originally put forth by the European Commission two years ago, but this past July, Parliament voted against,...
At the heart of what has been a heated debate are Articles 11 and 13. The former includes what has been dubbed by the opposition as a “link tax” whereby websites would pay a fee for printing excerpts of news stories or linking to them. Article 13 would make digital platforms, think YouTube and Facebook, liable for any copyright infringements on uploaded content, and could require a filter to block illegal postings.
The copyright reform was originally put forth by the European Commission two years ago, but this past July, Parliament voted against,...
- 9/12/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The European Parliament rejected on Thursday a draft of reforms aimed at modernizing and strengthening copyright rules in the digital age. The reforms were pushed by European film and TV guilds, as well as artists such as Paul McCartney and publishers.
Parliament’s decision to reject reforms proposed by the Legal Affairs Committee marks a victory for global giants such as Netflix, Google, Facebook, and Amazon, which would have faced several changes and restrictions if the draft had been approved.
EDiMA, the European trade association representing online platforms, reacted to the decision, saying that “democracy has succeeded.” The org previously argued the reforms would have resulted “in the censorship of free speech online and a disintegration of the internet as we know it.”
Of the 627 deputies who participated in the vote, 318 of them voted against and 278 were in favor of the reforms. There were 31 abstentions.
The last E.U. copyright reform...
Parliament’s decision to reject reforms proposed by the Legal Affairs Committee marks a victory for global giants such as Netflix, Google, Facebook, and Amazon, which would have faced several changes and restrictions if the draft had been approved.
EDiMA, the European trade association representing online platforms, reacted to the decision, saying that “democracy has succeeded.” The org previously argued the reforms would have resulted “in the censorship of free speech online and a disintegration of the internet as we know it.”
Of the 627 deputies who participated in the vote, 318 of them voted against and 278 were in favor of the reforms. There were 31 abstentions.
The last E.U. copyright reform...
- 7/5/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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