European business reacts to Copyright Directive approval
The music industry welcomes news that online platforms are to be held responsible for content uploaded by their users. Good news for creators or a 'dark day' for the web?
News By IQ | 26 March 2019
By a margin of 348 to 274, members of the European parliament today approved the European Copyright Directive, including the controversial Article 13 (now Article 17) provision which has proved such a bone of contention between music and the wider tech world.
Article 13/17 would compel “online content sharing service providers”, such as social networks or video-sharing sites like YouTube, to take “effective and proportionate” measures – ie automatic filters – to combat the sharing of copyrighted works.
Ahead of an earlier defeat of the directive,…
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