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Forget The GDPR, The EU's New Copyright Proposal Will Be A Complete And Utter Disaster For The Internet
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...ill-be-complete-utter-disaster-internet.shtml
Among independent academics, “there is scientific consensus that Article 13 cannot be allowed to stand”, the leading European centres researching IP and innovation law find. According to expert analysis, the Commission proposal is…
– 57 signatories representing fundamental rights organisations, including Human Rights Watch and Reporters without Borders
States and intergovernmental organizations should refrain from establishing laws or arrangements that would require the “proactive” monitoring or filtering of content, which is both inconsistent with the right to privacy and likely to amount to pre-publication censorship.
– United Nations Human Rights Council report
Campaigns against this provision:
Advocate reactions: “An affront to the rule of law and freedom of expression” (Wide alliance of organisations working on human and consumer rights), “Privatised censorship” (EDRi), “very negative impacts on the internet” (OpenRights Group), “violates fundamental rights” (Communia), “neither balanced nor sensible” (EFF), “excessive measure” (Austrian coalition of NGOs and stakeholders), “will disable the use of copyright exceptions” (Polish NGO coalition), “serious concerns” (BEUC)
EU Directive SPELLS DISASTER for Internet Freedom (youtube clip)
Overview from a Pirate Party MEP's website
https://juliareda.eu/eu-copyright-reform/censorship-machines/
Tweet from Julia Reda - Pirate Party MEP on 29th May 2018:
German Christian Democrats are using 'mafia methods' to stop their European party colleagues from voting against the #LinkTax. Knowing they have all the facts and experts against them, they resort to threats. #fixcopyright #SavetheLink
https://twitter.com/Senficon/status/1001514541317066754
Forget The GDPR, The EU's New Copyright Proposal Will Be A Complete And Utter Disaster For The Internet
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...ill-be-complete-utter-disaster-internet.shtml
Among independent academics, “there is scientific consensus that Article 13 cannot be allowed to stand”, the leading European centres researching IP and innovation law find. According to expert analysis, the Commission proposal is…
- Incompatible with existing EU law: The E-Commerce Directive forbids general monitoring obligations, which even the European Parliament Research Service says Article 13 would establish. Other premises of Article 13 are also unsupported by existing law and jurisprudence, including the assertion that platforms “optimizing the presentation” of uploaded content become liable for infringements. [Sources: Study 1, Open letter, Study 2, Study 3, EPRS]
- Incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights as interpreted by the ECJ: It violates the principle of a fair balance between competing fundamental rights laid out by the European Court of Justice in case law. [Open letter, Study]
- Ambiguously worded and inconsistent: Even the official German translation contains differences that significantly alter the meaning of some provisions.
– 57 signatories representing fundamental rights organisations, including Human Rights Watch and Reporters without Borders
States and intergovernmental organizations should refrain from establishing laws or arrangements that would require the “proactive” monitoring or filtering of content, which is both inconsistent with the right to privacy and likely to amount to pre-publication censorship.
– United Nations Human Rights Council report
Campaigns against this provision:
- Save Your Internet: “Stand up and ask Europe to protect Your Internet” (offers contact-your-MEP tool)
- Say No to Online Censorship by the Civil Liberties Union for Europe: “Act now! It’s about our freedom to speak. It’s about censorship.” (offers email-your-MEP tool)
- #SaveTheMeme,referring to parodies and other expressions of web culture that may be removed by such filtering technology
- Create•Refresh: “These changes put the power of small, independent creators in jeopardy. Creative expression will effectively be censored, leaving only the bigger, more established players protected. Many of the sites that we use every day for information or entertainment may cease to exist.”
Advocate reactions: “An affront to the rule of law and freedom of expression” (Wide alliance of organisations working on human and consumer rights), “Privatised censorship” (EDRi), “very negative impacts on the internet” (OpenRights Group), “violates fundamental rights” (Communia), “neither balanced nor sensible” (EFF), “excessive measure” (Austrian coalition of NGOs and stakeholders), “will disable the use of copyright exceptions” (Polish NGO coalition), “serious concerns” (BEUC)
EU Directive SPELLS DISASTER for Internet Freedom (youtube clip)
Overview from a Pirate Party MEP's website
https://juliareda.eu/eu-copyright-reform/censorship-machines/
Tweet from Julia Reda - Pirate Party MEP on 29th May 2018:
German Christian Democrats are using 'mafia methods' to stop their European party colleagues from voting against the #LinkTax. Knowing they have all the facts and experts against them, they resort to threats. #fixcopyright #SavetheLink
https://twitter.com/Senficon/status/1001514541317066754
