Article 13 vote: Music orgs celebrate as critics lament “worst possible outcome”
Rights societies have hailed today's EU Copyright Directive vote as a landmark victory for creators' rights – though opponents warn of an end to freedom of speech online
News By | 12 September 2018
European collection societies, PROs, publishers and music industry associations have welcomed today’s vote in favour of key provisions of the new EU Copyright Directive.
In a plenary session held earlier this afternoon, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted 438 to 226 in favour of an updated version of the directive, tabled by German MEP Axel Voss, including the much-discussed Article 13, which would compel “online content sharing service providers”, such as social networks or video-sharing sites like YouTube, to take…
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