Hello everyone,

As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression, collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.

Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.

I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime, please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is anything we can help you with.

We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!

Best,

[1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/05/european-parliament-votes-against-copyright-proposal/