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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