Hi all,
The Culture and Education committee (CULT) and the Industry and Research committee (ITRE) voted today on their opinions on the EU copyright reform. These are not binding, but will be taken into account by the lead committee (Legal Affairs - JURI).
Upload FiltersBoth CULT and ITRE didn't follow the sensible compromise adopted by the Internal Market committee (IMCO) and kept wording that makes platforms hosting user-generated content liable for users' copyright violations and would force them to install upload filters.
The Civil Liberties committee (LIBE) is expected to stick with the wording already voted by IMCO. Additionally, IMCO is responsible for this particular article.
Ancillary CopyrightThe ITRE committee voted to extend the so-called press publishers right to academic journals (as opposed to just press publications). This means that linking or sharing short extracts of articles would require a license.
New Performers' RightAn unwaivable performers right had been proposed in CULT that
caused quite a stir internationally, as such an unwaivable right is incompatible with free licenses. A compromise between the performers collecting societies and their umbrella organisation AEPO-ARTIS and Wikimedia & CreativeCommons on the other hand was forged by the Greens/EFA group and found a majority. The compromise foresees such an unwaivable right, except in the cases where a non-exclusive public license is granted.