Today the EU Parliament and Council were supposed to agree on the final text of Article 13, known for its potential “upload filters.” However, the negotiations were cancelled after the Member States failed to agree on a final negotiating position. This means that the finalization of the copyright reform plans is delayed again. A year […]
More than 80 academics, researchers, lawyers, and other experts have issued an ’emergency statement’ urging the government to reconsider the scope of new proposals that would criminalize downloading of any ‘pirate’ content from the Internet, screenshots included. Since 2012, downloading music and movies that have been illegally placed online has been prohibited in Japan under […]
Much of the debate preceding the vote on the new EU Copyright Directive had proponents stating that since so-called “upload filters” weren’t explicitly mentioned in the text, opponents must be scaremongering to suggest they will become a reality. In a statement in the wake of Monday’s Council vote, Germany now says that not only are […]
