6 minutes agoEuropean Parliament steps forward copyright reforms
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(8 years ago)The European Parliament today reached a compromise in terms of controversial reforms aimed at adopting copyright laws with digital age developments, thus paving the way for the start of negotiations among European Union member states. “This is a good signal for Europe's creative industry,” was [...]
The European Parliament today reached a compromise in terms of controversial reforms aimed at adopting copyright laws with digital age developments, thus paving the way for the start of negotiations among European Union member states.
“This is a good signal for Europe's creative industry,” said Europarliamentary Axel Voss, who is also the relative of the bill.
The reforms proposed by the European Commission in 2016 are intended to ensure that artists, publicists and publishers receive the reward deserved for their online creations.
Meanwhile, critics claim that the reform in question will harm free exchange of information. Some media have described reforms as publisher “of internet death”.
Europeans today agreed that social media platforms will be responsible to ensure that the content of their online material does not conflict with copyright regulations.
The text approved in Parliament does not authorize the use of controversial filters and upload algorithms, which pre-check the content downloaded by users to ensure that it is in line with copyright regulations.
Critics, however, argue that internet giants like “YouTube” put these filters themselves in order to adhere to the rules.
The proposal supported by the European Parliament will further limit search engines such as “Google” to use news headlines, or various text fragments without asking first for approval, or without paying for content.
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But French President Emmanuel Macro hailed the deal as a major step forward for Europe”, already recognising the right to information and cultural creativity.
