Thanks a lot for the update, Dimi! Very helpful to hear this hear first hand.
The results don't seem ideal for free knowledge, but I think there is reason to be optimistic for the JURI vote in October. A lot of work ahead, too. :) Best, Jan On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Culture and Education committee (CULT) and the Industry and Research > committee (ITRE) voted today on their opinions on the EU copyright reform. > These are not binding, but will be taken into account by the lead committee > (Legal Affairs - JURI). > > *Upload Filters* > Both CULT and ITRE didn't follow the sensible compromise adopted by the > Internal Market committee (IMCO) and kept wording that makes platforms > hosting user-generated content liable for users' copyright violations and > would force them to install upload filters. > > The Civil Liberties committee (LIBE) is expected to stick with the wording > already voted by IMCO. Additionally, IMCO is responsible for this > particular article. > > *Ancillary Copyright* > The ITRE committee voted to extend the so-called press publishers right to > academic journals (as opposed to just press publications). This means that > linking or sharing short extracts of articles would require a license. > > *New Performers' Right* > An unwaivable performers right had been proposed in CULT that caused > quite a stir > <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/another-fine-mess-ustr-has-gotten-us-misguided-plan-expand-performers-rights> > internationally, as such an unwaivable right is incompatible with free > licenses. A compromise between the performers collecting societies and > their umbrella organisation AEPO-ARTIS and Wikimedia & CreativeCommons on > the other hand was forged by the Greens/EFA group and found a majority. The > compromise foresees such an unwaivable right, except in the cases where a > non-exclusive public license is granted. > > *User-Generated Content Exception* > CULT also voted in favour of a non-mandatory user-generated content > exception. A possible first baby-step towards a EU-style fair use system. > > *Without FoP and Safeguard PD* > None of these two issues were included in these committee opinions. In > ITRE because rapporteur and most shadows agreed that they were out of scope > and in CULT because the French EPP rapporteur was forced to withdraw his > FoP compromise after massive pressure from his own French delegation after > IMCO passed a full FoP. > > > *Next steps in the European Parliament* > The committee opinions adopted today do influence the process, but the > final say lies with the Legal Affairs committee (JURI) which is scheduled > to vote on 10 October. Finding majorities there is our top priority. > > Greetings, > > Dimi > > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > >
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