EU Parliament votes for Article 11, Article 13 and Article 17: What's next?
from David Wurm 
on March 26, 2019, 13:05 am | 🔥 popular | 20 comments
There have been numerous in the last few weeks and months Protest against the upcoming EU copyright reform. To be more precise, they wanted to prevent the resulting upload filter with Article 13 or Article 17. Today the EU Parliament voted in favor of it with a majority.
Today the vote on Article 13 took place in the EU Parliament. There was probably so much onslaught that even the live stream collapsed in the end. The result is now known and is very sobering: the copyright reform is through.
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74 votes too many: majority for Article 13
Specifically, 348 politicians voted in favor, 274 against and 36 politicians abstained, i.e. voted neutrally. However, this was not just the only vote on the EU copyright reform. At first the politicians didn't even really know what exactly they were going to vote on.
That is the final result of the vote. (Image: Julia Reda)
There was even a request to change the article, which was just as narrowly rejected. Only 5 votes were decisive here. More precisely, 312 politicians voted for an amendment, 317 against and 24 abstained. Thus there will be no change to the EU copyright reform.
This is how the Austrian politicians voted. (Image: oegfe)
What is changing now?
With Article 13, every platform on which user-generated content can be uploaded is liable for the published content. Thus, the individual platforms have to check which content is exactly being uploaded. For this procedure, an "upload filter" will probably be used, which precisely analyzes uploaded images and videos using an algorithm.
Here is exactly that Proproblem: This upload filter can be used for censorship. Platforms may withhold certain videos, or journalists may find it more difficult to report critically in their work. If you use other content, such as photos or videos, this could be done with this filter Probecome a problem.
Demos did nothing?
Last weekend, in addition to hundreds of thousands of people in Germany alone, many other demonstrators were on the street and have demonstrated against the EU copyright reform. Didn't these demos work? Apparently not. That ProAnother problem is probably the lack of understanding on the part of the politicians in the EU Parliament – some of them are much too old to know exactly what this is about and throw wild speculation about it. For example, politicians said about the upload filter: "The platforms will manage it."
However, it is not only about the big ones like YouTube, Facebook or Instagram. How is a forum operator supposed to be able to install such a filter? However, he must check this content, otherwise he will infringe copyrightproproblem can be held liable.
What can you do now?
The vote cannot be changed now. Those of you who are also against Article 13 must exercise their right to vote in the upcoming European elections on May 26, 2019 and not vote for politicians or parties that voted for it.
Before Article 13 is actually implemented, there are probably still numerous questions to be clarified. In general, the question is: How do you really do that? No one can currently answer this question in practice - apart from theoretical statements.
The last chance
There is, however, one last chance. “If the German federal government withdraws its approval of the EU copyright reform on April 9th in a vote on the implementation of the reform, Article 13 can be prevented with all other directives. If the Council withdraws its approval, the reform cannot enter into force ”, so Julia Reda on Twitter.
Here are the voting results:
https://juliareda.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/copyrightvote.pdf
It's best to print out the super list and take it with you to vote in May!
So this is how liberty dies ... with thunderous applause.
The EU shoots itself in the leg with this regulation.
Now he has what he wanted, Axel
fought with lies until the end! Article 13 is of no use to authors! # axel lie
i am in favor of article 13 and am glad that something like this is coming. so far nothing has happened to all the youtubers or would-be copiers. How do we as authors come to the fact that we can let others steal everything from us? should we put up with that?
think before you argue. it couldn't be better for authors. today in the world like ki & co. Is that possible proeasy to check.
How can you say so much nonsense? This upload filter is censorship!
is not he. he compensates the authors fairly and does not allow content that is protected. where is that prostated problems?
He doesn't! Only the publishers have something of it and profitting of expensive licenses. It's called lobbying. No wonder politicians support something like this.
so much nonsense, haha. everyone profitter who creates content.
Do you actually notice how much nonsense you are telling? You really run after every politician and all statements without thinking critically about anything. THANK YOU ... not!
Axel thinks too!
The article won't get through like this. How is that supposed to work technically?
That is not enforceable. Certainly not.
Fuck it can't be that people ignore us like that !!
Isn't it clear, would you have expected something else?
In the next European elections, I'll sort out!
#NieWiederCDU !!
How can it be that 60 year old politicians in the EU decide about our future? About the future of the internet ... I don't believe it.
The idea isn't bad, it's just a joke to implement it.