Farm Wikipedia in Spain – CNET in Spanish

Knowledge seekers in Spain, Italy and Poland will have to fend off Wikipedia for a day or two because the free version of the online encyclopedia in these countries has temporarily closed access for protest against a controversial law on the author's right.

The law, which will vote this July 5 at 10 o'clock. UTC (3 hours PST), has two elements with which critics have had problems. The first is Article 13, which makes platforms responsible for offenses committed by users, as well as Article 11, which critics have termed as "tax on links", since it creates a right for fragments of content

Here is what Wikipedia explains on its Spanish website:

On July 5, 2018, the plenary of the European Parliament will vote on the advisability of proceeding with a proposal for a directive on the author's right. This, if approved, would greatly damage the open Internet that we know today.

Instead of updating copyright laws in Europe and promoting the participation of all citizens in the information society, the directive would threaten freedom online and impose new filters, barriers and restrictions for access the Web. If the proposal were approved in its current version, actions such as sharing a news item on social networks or accessing via a search engine would become more complicated on the Internet; the same Wikipedia would be in danger.

Wikipedia recalls that from this point of view, the creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Vinton Deer, opposed more than 169 academics, 145 human rights organizations, freedom of the press , research "We call on all members of the European Parliament to vote against the current text, to open it for discussion and to consider the many proposals of the Wikimedia movement to protect access to knowledge, including the right to freedom of expression. Elimination of Articles 11 and 13, the extension of panorama freedom to the whole of the EU and the preservation of the public domain, explains Wikipedia.

The largest digital encyclopedia in the world relies on content generated by third parties to survive.The new regulation would compromise the appointment of media and even texts that could violate the copyright.

Other countries like Colombia and the United States. Mexico have recently opposed similar laws The web will be available once the vote in the European Parliament is completed, regardless of the outcome.