Sorry, just an additional thing. A user-generated content exception has also been approved. One that does not limit the use to non-commercial. Amendment 390 [3]
[3] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCOMPARL%2BPE-602.820%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0%2F%2FEN 2017-06-08 11:42 GMT+02:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < [email protected]>: > Hi all, > > Just an update on today's vote on the EU copyright reform in the Internal > Market Committee (IMCO). This is one of the two lead committees on this > file. It was an important vote, although the final word will be with the > Legal Affairs Committee (JURI). The final result is a very much a mixed > bag. > > *The good* > A compromise on Article 13 ("upload filtering") was found that was widely > supported by most groups. In a late night/early morning deal, the EPP > agreed to vote in favour of the draft made by Polish MEP Michal Boni in the > Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE). [1] The adapted wording maintains the > liability exemptions of the E-Commerce Directive and specifically mentions > that exceptions and limitations must be respected. > > There was a compromise amendment on preservation of cultural heritage > aimed at helping cultural heritage institutions. It also included a public > domain safeguard, but very surprisingly failed in a 15/15 tie. A separate > amendment that positively defines and safeguards the public domain passed. > (see AM 383 [2]) The wording reads that once a work is in the public > domain, copies thereof do not grant new copyright or related rights. > > A full, mandatory EU Freedom of Panorama passed as a compromise amendment. > The positive result was at first contested, so it had to be voted a second > time. The narrow majority was confirmed. > > Albeit not something we can use on our projects, an educational exception > compromise passed trying to fix some cross-border uses. This is a small > gain, but still a step in the right direction and something that will > benefit access to online education as a whole. > > *The bad* > All amendments on the so-called ancillary copyright for press publishers > failed. Which means that the version of the European Commission was kept. > This however grants a new related right to publishers on even the tiniest > extracts of texts from articles, even just the title. Such a rule would > basically require all annotated bibliographies to require licensing. Also, > links that include the title of the article would require licensing. This > is very much a poisonous pill. > > The compromise on text and data mining failed to get a majority in what > was the most surprising result of the day. Instead individual amendments > were approved that keep this activity limited to research organisations and > cultural heritage institutions only. > > *The next steps* > We need to analyse the situation and re-group with other partners on TDM > and ancillary copyright. These two parts of the reform are fundamental to > the inner workings of the internet - searching and linking. We can't afford > to break these. > > With safeguarding the public domain and Freedom of Panorama we have > achieved a good first win. Especially the latter is already being heavily > attacked in the Legal Affairs Committee. We will have until September to > get a majority in this committee as well. > > Cheers, > > Dimi > > [1]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-% > 2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-604.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN > [2]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-% > 2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCOMPARL%2BPE-602.820%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0%2F%2FEN > >
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