you fear that article 13 of the Reform will lead to so-called Upload-Filter on the Internet. This could also prevent the Uploading of legitimate content.
some 3,500 people have demonstrated to the operator information in Berlin against the EU copyright reform and the possible introduction of so-called Upload-Filter. The police said 2000 protesters, were signed up to only 300. The protesters moved from the Axel-Springer-Verlag in the district of Kreuzberg over to the Federal Ministry of justice for representation of the EU Commission at the Brandenburg gate. The Reform proposed in article 13, will have “a massive impact on the freedom of expression and the diversity of the Internet,” said the Alliance “Berlin 13”.
article 13, to take on commercial platforms such as YouTube, the copyright more. Platforms that are over three years old or more than 10 million euros in sales in the year, generate, should, according to the Text of the copyright reform “best efforts” to ensure that copyrighted Material cannot be on the platforms uploaded. So, testing is according to the critics of the law in a realistic way only by the use of so-called Upload-Filter. “However, this will only work with automatic Filters, which could then be too much to filter out,” said Volker Grassmuck from the Association’s Digital society.
critics fear that legal content will be screened
Thus, the fear is that even legal quotes, such messages could be sorted out in the contributions of Internet users. “Then you have to appeal or even complain.” This would lead to a decline in the diversity of opinion on the Internet, said Grassmuck. Called for the Demonstration organizations, such as the Chaos Computer Club, the Association of journalists of had pen free and the club Digital society.
Already demonstrated a week ago, about 2000 people against the planned EU had in Cologne-Reform. For the 23. March has called for an Alliance of political parties and other organizations to nationwide demonstrations. At the end of March or beginning of April, the final vote on the Reform in the EU, that is, Parliament.