Europe approved new rules that change EVERYTHING on the internet

Europe approved new rules that change EVERYTHING on the internet



Despite the more than 5 million signatures against Art. 13, the majority of MEPs said yes.




On Tuesday morning, the European Parliament approved the European
copyright reform , a measure debated under strong pressure from its supporters, as media, artists, and detractors, such as internet giants and supporters
of a free internet. .

By 348 votes in favor, 274 against and 36 abstentions, the MEPs adopted in Strasbourg (northeastern France) that reform that seeks to adapt to the digital era the legislation adopted in 2001 , at a time when platforms such as YouTube did not yet exist .


One of the points approved, which during the almost two years of negotiations was one of the most controversial is the so-called article 13, which requires technology platforms to negotiate licenses for songs or video clips before publishing the contents that their users upload.

In addition, the law gives publishers new legal rights to help them seek compensation for all types of online services that show longer snippets of their articles. The provision excludes very short fragments and individual words.

The rapporteur of the text, the German Christian Democrat Deputy Axel Voss, defended during the previous debate that the reform proposed by the European Commission in September 2016 achieved a "balance between copyright and freedom
of opinion ".


But for activists for freedom of expression, including German MEP Julia Reda, the result of the vote is a great defeat, which according to Reda represents a "dark day for freedom on the Internet . "

Likewise, web activists fear that the reform will lead to censorship, since the platforms will likely block the content of users who do not have the licenses and could restrict the press information that appears in the search results.

Over the past weekend, around 200,000 people took to the streets in Germany in a last-ditch effort to protest the controversial provisions of the new rules and more than 5 million people have signed a petition against Article 13.

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