The long-overdue Reform of the European Copyright could be the big day for the rights of the copyright owner. But the readjustment was needed in the case of particularly controversial articles 11 and 13, and then the European Parliament got involved. So the criticism was not removed prior checking by the Upload Filter, but overruled.
the aim of the Reform was that the legitimate interests of authors, musicians, photographers, film makers, publishers and other collecting societies to enforce. Even the opponents of Reform is not disputed, that they should have received from the major Internet platforms, to its share of the Proceeds, with the help of their creative achievements. But it was different, and now we have to say: Well intentioned, poorly made – and soon to be an EU Standard.
The imbalance remains
With the copyright amendment, the imbalance should be corrected in the digital economy. On the one hand, the US giants with their Billions of profits, on the other hand, the weakening of the European creative economy. However, the EU will to a consistent Internet seems, once again, to lack of strategy. Just the project of a Europe-wide digital failed tax of three percent of the advertising revenue for the Internet giants to the Veto of some member countries. Copyright national alone, now threaten, to renounce, also a German, when the CDU power with your announcements seriously, in the implementation of the Directive in German law on the use of Upload Filter in favor of flat-rate allowances. Then, the exception threatens wild growth. Larger platforms would thus, perhaps, for smaller, they could mean that, if they would have to negotiate for each country of its own contracts.
The European copyright reform would have been a Chance to define the role of Internet companies for the next decade. You are operating neutral platforms? Or are the media houses in the digital future, to determine for themselves what they publish, or for publication? This clarification relates to the copyright law on data protection and the media right up to the taxation, a lot of questions for a Internet as a habitat for all. This question was not asked and not answered – and thus a good opportunity was missed for the time being. The vote at the Copyright was scarce, as expected, but, nevertheless, clearly.
Below the belt
“We are here, we are loud, because you are robbing us of freedom” – with this Slogan had tried last weekend more than 170 000 mostly young Europeans, the Parliament’s decision to turn things around. They wanted to show that the Protest against the EU amendment to the people, as under – of Bots and Algorithms of the powerful Internet companies run out of. That the protesters, they would get paid by Google and Facebook, was a bad blow below the belt line, and amplified up to the generation of conflict. The European community has even without the enough problems with the internal cohesion. The debate about the new copyright law, the enthusiasm of the people is detrimental to the European idea, is likely to show up in the European elections.
voted on the individual members, you can read here in the PDF document.
