<div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-7c2d437b-9ef2-81bf-88ae-42d589f66f60"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">tl;dr</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">In
June, NSA PRISM news have had a firm grip on public and political
attention in Brussels, resulting in a loss of focus on several relevant
proceedings. July is expected to be hotter, as a lot of work will be
rushed through before the break in August. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">As
we’re experimenting with the best possible format, the articles in this
report will be kept shorter than in the previous one. Feedback
appreciated. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">In
the coming weeks the EU Policy Portal [1] on Meta will be further
developed to reflect current ongoings and become a topical information
hub. Keep an eye on it!</span></p><br></div>Dimi<br><br><div><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">1. Licenses for Europe - Turbulences and Midterm Reports </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">2. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - Audiovisual Exception Adopted by EP </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">3. EU Data Protection - LIBE Committee Vote Postponed</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">4. Network Neutrality - Commissioner Kroes Expected to Propose Legislation</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">5. Future of Copyright Contest - A Way to Share Your Vision</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">#L4e</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Licenses for Europe - Stakeholder Dialogue on Copyright Reform</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s this?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
European Commission is organising a dialogue on the planned future
copyright reform. [2] A legislation proposal can be expected during the
first half of 2014. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Why should we care?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Copyright
is our core issue. At first, there were some hopes that new fair use
exceptions might come through, now there is considerable risk of harsher
copyright enforcement rules. Some harmonisation is still on the table,
which would make the use of cultural goods across the EU much easier. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s going on?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
midterm report for the four work groups will be presented July 4th.
Meanwhile several major non-for-profits, like Communia and the Open
Knowledge Foundation, have withdrawn from the work group on text and
data mining, complaining mainly about the narrow scope of discussions. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------</span></p>
<br><a href="http://www.ifrro.org/content/german-draft-proposal-legislation-orphan-and-out-commerce-works" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span></a><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">#TTIP </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">European Parliament votes in favour of “cultural exception” </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s this?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">A
trade agreement between the EU and the US (Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership). The negotiations are in their initial phase. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Why should we care?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">An
intellectual property rights chapter is set to be included in the
agreement. This would cascade into acting copyright legislation and
could de facto create new, unchangeable rules. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s going on?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
European Parliament voted, following pressure by French cinematic
organisations, to keep cultural and audiovisiual services out of the
negotiations. This explicitly includes online offers. How far this will
limit the IPR part of the agreement is still unclear. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Meanwhile
digital civil rights organisations are still fighting to have the
negotiations conducted in public, with little to no success so far.
Simultaneously, there have been calls to put the negotiations on hold
due to information regarding the PRISM project. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">#EUdataP </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Lead Committee on Data Protection Regulation Postpones Vote</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s this?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">A
major crossroads moment in European legislation, that could very well
set the standard for coming decades. The ideological fault-lines run
along very strict or very liberal data protection rules. A common ground
is not visible. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Why should we care?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">As
content providers, it is important to be well informed about
regulations and implementations and possible risks they might bear for
the information we use and edit. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s going on?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">As
this is one of the most controversial topics and a massive lobbying
battle, the lead committee in the European Parliament (Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs) has postponed the vote on its final report.
The new target date will be in September or October 2013. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">#Netneutrality</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Information Society and Media Commissioner Neelie Kroes Moves Towards Network Neutrality </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s this?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
idea that all services should be equally accessible with any internet
connection has been debated on the EU level for years. Initially,
Commissioner Kroes did not seem to fully embrace the idea. Now, however,
she seems resolute to bring forward a serious legislation proposal this
year. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Why should we care?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We
are interested in having all our projects accessible everywhere and by
everyone. Such legislation will aim to enshrine this basic internet
principle as a universal rule. However, this would also mean that
free-of-charge access to some services would be disallowed. This could
include possible free access to Wikipedia by mobile phone operators, for
instance. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">What’s going on?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Commissioner
Kroes’ proposals are expected to address throttling or blocking of
services by internet providers. Currently 1 in 5 mobile internet
connections in Europe restrict or favour certain services, according to
the European Consumers’ Organisation. If the Commission tables a network
neutrality legislation proposal, it is likely to be fast-tracked
through the European Parliament, as MEPs have already twice urged the
Commission to take such a step. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">#Copyright2.0</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Modern Poland Foundation is Looking for Copyright Reform Ideas</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Share
your arguments how copyright should be reformed and what it should look
like in the future. This is a crowd-funded contest aiming to help stir
up global discussion on the topic. Submission deadline is end of July.
[3]</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><br>
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<a href="http://euobserver.com/news/120456" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span></a><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">[1] </span><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">[2] </span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/licences-for-europe-dialogue/en/content/about-site" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://ec.europa.eu/licences-for-europe-dialogue/en/content/about-site</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">[3] </span><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/future-of-copyright-contest-2-0" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/future-of-copyright-contest-2-0</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
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