They only depart and bloody did it . The EU has voted to approve its hugely controversial Internet Copyright Directive , which has been lambasted by expert across the globe .
The overall card seeks to update net right of first publication laws for the advanced earned run average . But two parts of it , Articles 11 and 13 , have beencriticizedfor stifling small companies and inaugurate a “ meme ban ” . As such , the billwas rejectedby MEPs back in July 2018 .
But a newfangled version of the visor , with rectify versions of Articles 11 and 13 , was approved yesterday morning by 438 votes to 226 in Strasbourg . The balloting was announce essential to “ overhaul the right of first publication rules in the European Union,“saidEU commissioners and the reform proposers Andrus Ansip and Mariya Gabriel .
The bill will now need to be signalize off by leadership of the EU member states , so it is not formally constabulary yet . Each country will then be tax with enforcing the police force themselves .
It ’s good to say the vote has n’t go down too well . Both articles have their problems , with Article 11 often called a “ link tax ” . Although it remain vague , critics say it would call for web site – even place like Google News – to pay a fee for every connexion to a website they provide , which seems almost unenforceable .
“ The European Parliament just endorsed a#linktaxthat would make using the deed of conveyance of a news article in a link to it require a license , ” Julia Reda , MEP for the Pirate Party , posted on Twitter . Numerous Internet experts , including laminitis of the web Tim Berners Lee , also signed a letter earlier this year indicate against the Copyright Directive .
“ The only way to do so would be to scan all datum being upload to situation like YouTube and Facebook , ” saidThe Verge . “ This would make an unbelievable burden for small platforms , and could be used as a mechanics for widespread censoring . ”
Thosein favorof the law say these awe are over the top . But believe how many experts are against the natural law , with many websites also holding protests , it ’s somewhat backbreaking to indicate in its favour . Not least because , well , there ’s no actual plan for how the EU is going to go through Articles 11 and 13 .
So the net faces a pretty testing time in a somewhat unneeded fight over right of first publication . Who have sex what this will mean for the future of the web , but former indications are it does n’t look great .
