To look on the bright side, at least this means
that we'll win the
Reiss-Engelhorn Museum v. Wikimedia Foundation lawsuit (due to article 14
of the directive). As to the rest of it, quite disappointing indeed.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 9:10 AM Jan Gerlach <jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Thanks for sending this over, Mārtiņš!
Here's our statement:
https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy/status/1110572603217862656
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 7:31 AM Mārtiņš Bruņenieks <martinsb(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Detailed voting data available:
>
> Votes:
> 22.whether to accept amendments
> 23.approve directive
>
>
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+PV+2019…
>
>
> Just these votes on Julia Reda's web page:
>
https://juliareda.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/copyrightvote.pdf
>
>
> Mārtiņš
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 2:05 PM Jan Gerlach <jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> So close. More work to do towards national implementation. We'll have
>> a statement out later today.
>>
>> Thanks for your help, everyone!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 4:59 AM Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So narrow, that hurts.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 12:56 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, that was the vote on whether to accept amendments.
>>>>
>>>> The Directive was approved 348-274.
>>>>
>>>> D
>>>>
>>>> На вт, 26.03.2019 г. в 12:53 ч. Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> написа:
>>>>
>>>>> Directive approved
>>>>> by 5 votes
>>>>> 317 to 312
>>>>>
>>>>> На вт, 26.03.2019 г. в 10:09 ч. Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> написа:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Today after 12:30 we expect the European Parliament in
Strasbourg
>>>>>> to vote on the copyright file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First there will be a vote on whether to allow amendments or
just
>>>>>> vote the entire package as is. Only if there is a majority for
that will
>>>>>> votes on deleting Articles 11 and 13 be allowed. I am attaching a
voting
>>>>>> list with recommendations on Article 13, so you can follow the
vote.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stream is here:
>>>>>>
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/website/webstreaming.html?event=20190326-0900…
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What happens if the reform is passed as is:
>>>>>> The Council will nod this off at a General Council meeting on 9
>>>>>> April. Then it will be published in the official journal and
Member States
>>>>>> will have 24 months to transpose the new rules. In this case we
will work
>>>>>> on national implementations. There is a lot we can to remedy
*some* of the
>>>>>> effects of Article 13 & open the door to future litigation.
We can also
>>>>>> widen the gains some of the exceptions provide at least
nationally.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What happen is the European Parliament amends the reform:
>>>>>> The entire text goes to Council and then the Member States
>>>>>> governments need to decide if they accept it as is or want to
further amend
>>>>>> it and negotiate with the EP. In this case we focus on the EP
elections, as
>>>>>> a move before them would be unlikely.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very hypothetical:
>>>>>> If a country, such as Germany for instance, suddenly changes its
>>>>>> behaviour on 9 April, it could theoretically still stop the
package. But
>>>>>> copyright is already agreed upon in Council and put down as an
"A item" for
>>>>>> the 9 April meeting. A items are considered purely procedural,
get nodded
>>>>>> off and not even discussed (as agreement and a vote have already
taken
>>>>>> place). There is only one time, to my knowledge, that such an A
item was
>>>>>> pulled back. The Software Patents Directive. I think it is
extremely
>>>>>> unlikely to happen again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks everyone for you help and support.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers from Strasbourg,
>>>>>> Dimi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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