EU votes to embrace ‘upload filters’ as part of web copyright law

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The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to embrace arrangements to copyright law that have the possible the change the web for individuals within the EU.

The arrangements consist of using “upload filters” to police the sharing of unlicensed material online and the intro of a so-called “link tax,” which will require business like Google, Facebook and Microsoft to pay publishers for revealing bits of news short articles they’re connecting to.

These 2 essential arrangements, understood formally as Article 13 and Article 11 respectively, were formerly turned down by the European Parliament when it voted on the draft legislation inJuly Since then, those promoting for the modifications modified the arrangements ahead of today’s vote.

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In spite of having enough support in the European Parliament, the European Copyright Directive has many opponents, within both the EU and the tech industry. The impact, its critics say, could mean a substantially more closed internet of the future.

“The Parliament squandered the opportunity to get the copyright reform on the right track,” said Dutch liberal MEP Marietje Schaake in a statement following Wednesday’s vote. “This is a disastrous result for the protection of our fundamental rights, ordinary internet users and Europe’s future in the field of artificial intelligence.”

Due to the complex process by which European legislation is adopted, the vote does not mean the directive has passed just yet. It must now be approved by each member state individually before returning to the European Parliament for a final vote, which is likely to take place early next year.

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