Tag: Article 11

EU approves controversial copyright law that ‘could kill off the web’s user-generated content’

By James Barnley   Posted in Governance Internet social media
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The European Parliament has approved a controversial copyright law that threatens to ‘destroy the internet as we know it’, according to digital rights groups. Yesterday, in a vote that split almost every major EU party, Members of the European Parliament adopted every terrible proposal in the new Copyright Directive and rejected every good one, setting the …

European Parliament votes 318-278 against controversial Article13 & Article11 reforms, but the saga isn’t over yet

By James Barnley   Posted in Governance
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The European Parliament has voted against a controversial set of copyright rules known as the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The vote follows weeks of intensifying protests, with internet companies such as Mozilla and pioneers like Vint Cerf and Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaking out against the EU’s copyright proposals and Wikipedia taking its …