Copy­right in the digi­tal sin­gle mar­ket: EU Par­lia­ment appro­ves directive

On Sep­tem­ber 12, 2018, the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment appro­ved the Pro­po­sal for a Direc­ti­ve on Copy­right in the Digi­tal Sin­gle Mar­ket was appro­ved by a lar­ge majo­ri­ty. The pro­po­sal is high­ly con­tro­ver­si­al, par­ti­cu­lar­ly becau­se of the upload fil­ters and ancil­la­ry copy­right for press publishers it pro­vi­des for. A cri­ti­cal con­tri­bu­ti­on to the decis­i­on of the par­lia­ment has e.g. netpolicy.org published. A some­what dif­fe­rent view can be at the SZ read

The draft direc­ti­ve will now be the sub­ject of fur­ther nego­tia­ti­ons in the trilogue.