The #SaveYourInternet fight against Article 13 continues and needs our involvement. Please visit saveyourinternet.eu, raise your voice and act against Article 13. Contact your members of European parliament and government via email or Twitter and let them know what you think.
On 12 September 2018, all 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) got a chance to shape the European copyright reform with a plenary vote.
The outcome: 366 MEPs blatantly ignored your calls asking them to #SaveYourInternet, as they adopted the copyright #CensorshipMachine.
What’s next: The JURI Committee Rapporteur, MEP Axel Voss, has been granted a mandate to start informal negations with the representatives of the EU Member States (Council) and the European Commission (EC), so-called ‘trilogue negotiations’, the black box in the EU policymaking process. See EDRi’s explainer for more details on the remainder of this process.
Article 13 only benefits big businesses
Due to the collateral damage created by the vague and overly broad wording of Article 13, only big platforms and powerful rightholders will benefit from its adoption, to the detriment of all other stakeholders.
Bad for Users
Users will have access to less content and will be unable to share their content with others, even when it’s legal. Moreover, any complaint mechanisms will be easily bypassed if blocking is done under the pretense of a terms and conditions violation, rather than as a result of a specific copyright claim.
Bad for Creators
If platforms become directly liable for user uploaded content they will arbitrarily remove content based on their terms and conditions. As a result, many creators will see their content get blocked too. And, as less platforms survive the burden of this provision, creators will have less choice on where to share their creations.
Bad for competition
Only platforms with deep pockets will be able to comply with the Article 13 requirements and even if small enterprises get an exemption from its scope, this simply means they are not allowed to scale up and compete with the big US platforms, under the motto ‘in Europe, small is beautiful’!
More info on saveyourinternet.eu.
Die Welt am Sonntag veröffentlichte heute ein augenöffnendes und sehr unterhaltsames (=explicit Content) 
