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. MEPs rejected Thursday controversial reform of copyright legislation
European Union
(EU) I'm facing the Beatle
Paul McCartney
in favor of the proposal, to oppose the creators of
Wikipedia
which temporarily closed the online encyclopedia
as a sign of protest
The deputies, meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg (East of France) rejected the reform with 318 votes against, against 278 for and 31 abstentions.
The proposal for a directive (European law) was a major reform of Community copyright legislation aimed at ensuring that creators of creative content, be it music , movies or information, charge for viewing content in the digital age.
The two most contentious aspects of the reform have been the effort to increase the revenues of press publishers and terminate content that escapes copyright in
Internet
and with an eye on platforms like
YouTube
of
Google
or in
Facebook
With the reform, they saw a quick fix to end the free use of their content on the Internet, which decimated the revenues of the mainstream press.
But the American giants of the Internet and the activists of the
Digital rights refer to this reform as a "tax link" and consider it an obstacle to freedom of expression
They also claimed that it would only benefit the most important to the detriment of independent groups.
There was also significant resistance to Article 13 which proposed that platforms be legally responsible for copyright-protected content posted by users.
Paul McCartney and major record companies and film studios have pressed politicians
But critics have warned that with the directive, Internet platforms would have been forced to censor an area that has become a center of creation , especially YouTube. It would also have restricted
use of memes and
remix by Internet users
By way of protest, Wikipedia was inaccessible in at least three European countries to make its position visible. "The directive would threaten freedom online and impose new filters, barriers and restrictions to access the Web," Wikipedia Spain said in a statement
"Voting is a victory for democracy," he said. he rejoiced after the vote. EDiMA Group, a lobby group that brings together
GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) and other large companies in the technology sector
Rejection by the European Parliament means that the European Parliament can not start negotiations on this reform with the Member States and the Commission European.
MEPs will return to the text in committee, and will again be put to the vote in plenary in September
The final objective of this reform, proposed by the European Commission in September 2016, is, according to modernize copyright to adapt to the era of the digital revolution
AFP Agency
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