{"id":17137,"date":"2018-09-12T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldsnews.com\/worlds\/controversial-eu-copyright-change-faces-key-vote\/07"},"modified":"2018-09-12T00:15:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:15:07","slug":"controversial-eu-copyright-change-faces-key-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/?p=17137","title":{"rendered":"Controversial EU copyright change faces key vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"A Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The proposed reform has attracted enormous attention and fierce campaigning on both sides <\/p>\n

EU lawmakers are set to vote on a controversial copyright reform that could change how internet companies treat uploaded content from users.<\/p>\n

A version of the proposal was rejected in July after a grassroots campaign, and fierce campaigning on both sides.<\/p>\n

Critics fear the rules are too broad and could affect parodies, remixes, and even links to articles and websites. <\/p>\n

But many musicians, authors, and other creators back the reforms which they view as necessary to support artists.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of changes have been made since the July vote, but opponents say major issues remain.<\/p>\n

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What is the controversy?<\/h2>\n

The proposed copyright directive is supposed to protect creators by forcing payments to be made to them if their work is copied or linked to online.<\/p>\n

Most of it is not controversial, and the debate is centred around two sections: articles 11 and 13.<\/p>\n

Why Europe’s copyright plan was so controversial Copyright law could put end to net memes <\/p>\n

Article 13 has attracted the most attention, and been labelled an “upload filter” by critics. <\/p>\n

If a user tries to upload copyrighted music, photos, or anything else, it must be checked against a database – and filtered out if it contains copyrighted material.<\/p>\n

Effectively, it makes sites like Facebook and Youtube responsible for what its users upload.<\/p>\n

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Did you know that memes containing copyrighted images will be blocked by automated filters under the copyright directive? #FixCopyrighthttps:\/\/t.co\/p92ip1RPBd pic.twitter.com\/BH6KzHrW9L<\/p>\n

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But with more than 400 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, no human could do the job – filtering would need to be done automatically by computers.<\/p>\n

Such systems are both expensive and often criticised for being over-zealous and filtering anything that might be copyright-protected.<\/p>\n

For example, some people believe that background music playing in a family video could be filtered out, or that small samples of copyrighted content in a parody or internet meme image could be enough to trigger the automatic filter.<\/p>\n

The possibility has led to such systems being labelled “censorship machines” by some opponents. MEPs behind the directive say such claims are wrong, and have decried what they see as a misinformation campaign.<\/p>\n

The other debated section, article 11, seeks to grant new rights to news outlets and publishers, giving them a slice of revenue from aggregators like Google who link to their content. <\/p>\n

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The amendment by @AxelVossMdEP proves this \u201cmythbuster\u201d wrong: If snippets were not affected, why would his new amendments only allow individual words to accompany a link? If you use more than that, like a headline, you have to pay. https:\/\/t.co\/kZ7vUTur1A #SaveYourInternet<\/p>\n

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But the broad nature of the rules led to fears that even simple hyperlinks or short “snippets” could be costly – potentially affecting a core part of how the world wide web functions.<\/p>\n

Who is for and against?<\/h2>\n

Many creative industry associations continue to campaign for the directive to be implemented – including Britain’s record label group BPI and the Society of Authors.<\/p>\n

Supporters say the new rules will protect artists and creators, making it easier for them to earn a living – and that the amendments made since July should assuage concerns.<\/p>\n

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Nobody\u2019s hearing about all the good things in the Directive \u2013 like the transparency triangle. Authors will get proper accounting of how well their work\u2019s doing, and a proper share of the profits if they do well.<\/p>\n

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Record labels have campaigned for the reform to go ahead, along with music titans like Sir Paul McCartney.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the July vote, some 1,300 musicians declared support for the changes, which would require websites like YouTube or Facebook to detect and delete user uploads of copyrighted music. <\/p>\n

But the divide between those for and against is not entirely clear-cut. <\/p>\n

Musician Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, for example, is in Strasbourg campaigning against the changes, which he believes will actually hurt musicians. <\/p>\n

And while some critics say the changes will hurt small businesses to the benefit of existing internet giants, those same giants – including Facebook and Google – also oppose the directive, which would make them liable for content uploaded by their users.<\/p>\n

What happens next?<\/h2>\n

The July vote was defeated 318-278 after thousands of ordinary people contacted their European representatives following a grassroots campaign.<\/p>\n

But under European parliament rules, that meant it would be amended and debated before going for another vote, due on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

More than 250 changes to the original text have been proposed.<\/p>\n

“This vote is our best chance to prevent EU copyright reform from causing lasting harm to the open internet,” MEP Julia Reder said in a blog post criticising many of the proposed changes.<\/p>\n

Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, meanwhile, said the proposal was “so terrible, it can only be called an extinction-level event for the internet as we know it”.<\/p>\n

French MEP Marc Joulaud told the AFP news agency, which also backs the measure: “The feeling of many in parliament is that on Wednesday we decide the life or death of the law.”<\/p>\n

“We can still finish on time if the text passes on Wednesday. This is the last slot,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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