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MADRID – Wikipedia fell on Wednesday in at least three countries to protest the European Parliament 's next vote on a highly contested law that could make online platforms legally responsible for copyrighted content.
Italy and Poland, an explanatory protest statement on the forthcoming vote was published during the consultation of the online encyclopedia
"The directive would threaten freedom online and impose new filters, barriers and restrictions to access the web ". in his statement.
"If the proposal were approved in its current version, the actions, like sharing news on social networks or access to information via a search engine, would be more complicated on the Internet. "
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The overhaul of European copyright law is divided into several sections, one of which is the reform criticized by Wikipedia and others who have a Another reform would force online platforms such as Google and Facebook to pay for links to information content, which news agencies, including the AFP, have described as a "big step."
The European Commission responded that "Wikipedia and other online encyclopedias would not fall within the scope of the Commission's proposal."
But the leader of the Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales and Julia Reda, Greens MEP
The vote in Parliament is not final, but only the bargaining position of MEPs
Then there is negotiations with Member States for a final position, during which the full extent of the Wikipedia law will be drawn up
Austria, which has just badumed the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, said it would be difficult, so it will be necessary that there is some kind of compromise.
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