Controversial European Copyright Law Rejected in EU Parliament

A piece of legislation referred to as Article 13 that was supposed to regulate the use of copyright materials online, in Europe, has been rejected by the European Parliament after a relatively close vote.

The initial piece of legislation (also called a directive), was proposed all the way back in 2016 by the European Commision in an effort to complement the existing copyright law that dates from 2001.

Bringing the legislation up to date is not a bad idea, but the problem is that it creates major difficulties for pretty much every company that has online activity, not to mention that it would have generated massive costs for third-parties.

Basically, everyone starting from Google on down, including Facebook and Twitter, would need to have automatic filters that would stop people from infringing upon protected content. It would also mean that linking to other websites or quoting... (read more)

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