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"Controversial copyright reform ignites debate on internet freedom", Euronews
The Times view on the EU’s copyright crackdown on Google and Facebook: Right Direction -"The vote to toughen the application of copyright law online is welcome"
The EU directive as it stands is not welcomed by the many creative writers, musicians, film-makers and journalists who seek the widest distribution of their work.
That is not just the view of 'young radicals' who want to preserve the freedom of the internet and of artistic expression.
It seems that academic researchers and librarians may welcome the directive.
European copyright directive ‘opens door to mass digitalisation’, THS
"Librarians welcome new European rules on copyright, which also secures right for researchers to mine text and data".
"It should make it easier for libraries to digitalise documents that are still in copyright but are not commercially available...Universities and libraries have managed to carve out exemptions to the directive’s most controversial proposals, which will require online platforms such as YouTube to pre-screen uploaded material – like music or films – to ensure that it is not copyrighted, and will oblige them to pay newspapers for repeating anything other than short snippets of their articles...The directive must still be approved by member states in April, although Mr Wyber expects it to be waved through. It also needs to be transposed into national law, meaning that the new rules set out by the directive will still not come into force for a “few years”, and could be open to interpretative tweaks by national governments, he explained. But he and Mr White said it was unclear whether the UK would implement the directive after Brexit".
It seems that academic researchers and librarians may welcome the directive.
European copyright directive ‘opens door to mass digitalisation’, THS
"Librarians welcome new European rules on copyright, which also secures right for researchers to mine text and data".
"It should make it easier for libraries to digitalise documents that are still in copyright but are not commercially available...Universities and libraries have managed to carve out exemptions to the directive’s most controversial proposals, which will require online platforms such as YouTube to pre-screen uploaded material – like music or films – to ensure that it is not copyrighted, and will oblige them to pay newspapers for repeating anything other than short snippets of their articles...The directive must still be approved by member states in April, although Mr Wyber expects it to be waved through. It also needs to be transposed into national law, meaning that the new rules set out by the directive will still not come into force for a “few years”, and could be open to interpretative tweaks by national governments, he explained. But he and Mr White said it was unclear whether the UK would implement the directive after Brexit".
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