European Union lawmakers are facing a major vote on digital copyright reform proposals on Wednesday — a process that has set the Internet’s hair fully on fire. Here’s a run down of the issues and what’s at stake… Article 13 The most controversial component of the proposals concerns user-generated content platforms such as YouTube, and […]
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Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibrant free web’
The Wikimedia Foundation has sounded a stark warning against a copyright reform proposal in Europe that’s due to be voted on by the European Parliament next week. (With the mild irony that it’s done so with a blog post on the commercial Medium platform.) In the post, also emailed to TechCrunch, María Sefidari Huici, chair […]
View More Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibrant free web’Wikimedia Foundation says proposed European copyright laws infringe on human rights
On Thursday, the European Parliament rejected a controversial proposal to overhaul the European Union’s copyright laws that critics say would significantly damage internet freedom.
The legislation — dubbed the Copyright Directive — was rejected by a vote of 318-278. That means the proposed rules, which passed the European Parliament’s legal branch last month, will now be debated in September.
The proposal is an attempt to modernize copyright laws for the digital age, and its proponents — which include high-profile musicians like David Guetta and Paul McCartney — say it will protect artists from having their work stolen on the internet. But its opponents fear the bill will open the door for widespread censorship. Read more…
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View More Wikimedia Foundation says proposed European copyright laws infringe on human rightsEuropean MEPs vote to reopen copyright debate over ‘censorship’ controversy
A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal — meaning it will now face further debate and scrutiny in the parliament, rather than be fast-tracked towards becoming law via the standard EU trilogue negotiation process. Crucially MEPs will have the chance to […]
View More European MEPs vote to reopen copyright debate over ‘censorship’ controversyWikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright
Wikipedia’s Italian and Spanish language versions have temporarily shut off access to their respective versions of the free online encyclopedia in Europe to protest against controversial components of a copyright reform package ahead of a key vote in the EU parliament tomorrow. The protest follows a vote by the EU parliament’s legal affairs committee last […]
View More Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyrightEurope takes another step towards copyright pre-filters for user generated content
In a key vote this morning the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has backed the two most controversial elements of a digital copyright reform package — which critics warn could have a chilling effect on Internet norms like memes and also damage freedom of expression online. In the draft copyright directive, Article 11; “Protection of press publications […]
View More Europe takes another step towards copyright pre-filters for user generated contentKaspersky pulls plug on Europol joint venture after EU parliament vote to ban its software
Fresh political woes for Russian security firm Kaspersky, which has reacted angrily to a vote in the European Union Parliament last week to ban its software — on the grounds that it has been “confirmed as malicious“. Kaspersky denies this characterization of its software, saying it’s “untrue”. It has also retaliated by pulling the plug […]
View More Kaspersky pulls plug on Europol joint venture after EU parliament vote to ban its softwarePressure mounts on EU-US Privacy Shield after Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Yet more pressure on the precariously placed EU-US Privacy Shield: The European Union parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the data transfer arrangement to be suspended by September 1 unless the US comes into full compliance. Though the committee has no power to suspend the arrangement itself. But has amped up the political pressure on […]
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View More To truly protect citizens, lawmakers need to restructure their regulatory oversight of big techZuckerberg didn’t make any friends in Europe today
Speaking in front of EU lawmakers today Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg namechecked the GDPR’s core principles of “control, transparency and accountability” — claiming his company will deliver on all that, come Friday, when a new European Union data protection framework, GDPR, starts being applied, finally with penalties worth the enforcement. However there was little transparency […]
View More Zuckerberg didn’t make any friends in Europe todayWhere to watch Zuckerberg’s meeting with EU MEPs on Tuesday
The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s meeting with elected representatives of the European Union’s ~500 million citizens will be livestreamed after all, it was confirmed today. MEPs had been angered by the original closed door format of the meeting, which was announced by the EU parliament’s president last week. But on Friday a majority of the political groups in […]
View More Where to watch Zuckerberg’s meeting with EU MEPs on TuesdayEU parliament pushes for Zuckerberg hearing to be live streamed
There’s confusion about whether a meeting between Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the European Union’s parliament — which is due to take place next Tuesday — will go ahead as planned or not. The meeting was confirmed by the EU parliament’s president this week, and is the latest stop on Zuckerberg’s contrition tour, following the Cambridge Analytics […]
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