In a key vote this morning the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has backed the two most controversial elements of a digital copyright reform package — which critics warn could have a chilling effect on Internet norms like memes and also damage freedom of expression online. In the draft copyright directive, Article 11; “Protection of press publications concerning online uses” — which targets news aggregator business models by setting out a neighboring right for the use of snippets of journalistic content that requires users to get a license from the publisher (aka ‘the link tax’, as critics dub it) — was adopted by a 13:12 majority of the legal committee. While, Article 13; “Use of protected content by online content sharing service providers” — which makes platforms directly liable for copyright infringements by their users, thereby pushing them towards creating filters that monitor all content uploads with all the associated potential chilling affects (aka ‘censorship machines’) — was adopted by a 15:10 majority. MEPs critical of the proposals have vowed to continue to oppose the measures, and the EU parliament will eventually need to vote as a whole. #Article13, the #CensorshipMachines, has been adopted by @EP_Legal with a 15:10 majority.

 

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