It is managed. With a fairly clear majority, the European Parliament has approved the highly controversial Reform of the copyright law. That is a culture and almost a street fight, resulting in a struggle between the supposed enemies of a free Internet and its alleged keepers – served in the case.
It was spread a lot of nonsense in the past few months, the Internet is patient. This nonsense came not only, but mainly by the opponents of the Reform, which did not help apparently.
From a “censorship machine” was out of the question, as Europe stood on the verge of Sino-Orwellian surveillance techniques to introduce, as thought the state is seriously thinking about the copyright laws restrict freedom of expression. In front of a “left-expensive” was warned, although the text of the law allows Linking of articles by private persons. The demise of Start-ups and small platforms was summoned, as they would not be excluded fromthe Directive.
restructuring of the power relations
a Question was again reminded of the simple basic idea of this project: Large commercial online platforms such as Youtube, the life of the “user generated content”, i.e. content uploaded by users, will in future be liable if the rights of authors to be injured during the Upload.
This is only right and proper. The platforms earn a lot of money with the finish of this content. Why you should not have to worry about the rights for this content? Analogously, the following applies: Google News and other Sites have the benefit of journalistic content, which you may use previously free of charge. That’s not a fair business model.
In essence, these Reform attempts, problematic power to regulate conditions. The Power in the creative value chain has shifted considerably in favor of the tech giants in the United States. Their profits are greater, the less you will be regulated. That could change now. The Directive is forcing Youtube and co., in license negotiations with collecting societies, which now have more muscles because they can be based on a solid legal and no longer with crumbs for an answer. It is to be hoped that in this way, more money flows into the System of the culture industry and the individual Creative, is also one of the smaller, unknown. This desire is realistic.
Europe will be stronger
The Reform may not yet be perfect; much will have to clear the dishes. But she is another important piece of European emancipation. Europe keeps the Anything-goes contrary to the Thinking of the Silicon Valley companies to a stop sign: his idea of a fair network, in the monopolistic platforms copyright adequate to Win you must participate. We add the new data protection regulation and the brave decisions on cartels by the EU Commission against Google, is formed to a model of far-sighted observers, viewing the long as the world is exemplary.
no, the EU has taken no damage, because members of the Protest of millions of citizens across the set. This vote will make Europe stronger.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 26.03.2019, 20:50 PM
