Tag Archives: Article 11

Yesterday, European Union member states voted to pass the new Copyright Directive by just five votes, seeing the implementation of controversial Articles 11 and 13, now known as Articles 15 and 17 respectively. Some members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are now claiming to have voted for the proposition by …

The European Parliament has repeatedly tried to implement Article 11 and Article 13 as a part of its Copyright Directive overhaul, with the former being a “link tax” and the latter is set to introduce an intrusive upload filter. After a number of delays and changes to the text, member …

EU Member States have refused a compromise position on Article 13, further delaying negotiations of its final text.

Google maintains that it might retract its News feature from Europe, should the EU push Article 11's "link tax."

In July, the European Parliament voted against the intrusive Copyright Directive, sending Article 11 and 13 back to the drawing board. Amended versions of both have since been approved, continuing to carry the controversial “link tax” and “upload filter” respectively. Easily the most heavily discussed portion of the Copyright Directive …

Two weeks ago, European Parliament sent the media world into a frenzy by pushing legislation that threatened to dismantle the internet as we currently know it. Fortunately, the all-important vote has seen both Article 11 and 13 thrown out, meaning copyright laws are to remain as they are for the …

European Parliament has sent the tech industry into a frenzy this week as the JURI committee voted to pass Articles 11 and 13 of the EU Copyright Directive legislation. If enacted, the pair could dismantle the internet as we know it, filtering out uploaded content against copyrighted material. Article 11 …