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Andres Guadamuz has written a blog post analyzing why last Thursday's vote by the JURI Committee to reject fast-tracking the proposal concerning "harmonization" of copyright in the EU went as it did. The rejection of fast-tracking means that the issue will still come up for a general vote in parliament in September but the interesting part is that for the first time in Europe a wide coalition has managed to defeat powerful media lobbies, at least for now. He goes into how this was possible and what needs to happen in September.
The main result of this change from a political standpoint is that now we have two lobbying sides in the debate, which makes all the difference when it comes to this type of legislation. In the past, policymakers could ignore experts and digital rights advocates because they never had the potential to reach them, letters and articles by academics were not taken into account, or given lip service during some obscure committee discussion just to be hidden away. Tech giants such as Google have provided lobbying access in Brussels, which has at least levelled the playing field when it comes to presenting evidence to legislators.
Earlier on SN:
The EU's Dodgy Article 13 Copyright Directive has Been Rejected (2018)
EU Committee Approves Controversial Copyright Directive (2018)
Censorship Machines Are Coming: It’s Time for the Free Software Community to Use its Political Clout (2018)
Mulled EU Copyright Shakeup Will Turn Us Into Robo-Censors (2018)
EU Study Finds Even Publishers Oppose the "Link Tax" (2017)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @06:08PM
The correct question is: What roles should government be playing in the organization of societal interaction?
Why are the men with guns setting the rules rather than enforcing the rules established voluntarily between individuals themselves?
This talk about "digital rights" is superficial, and will never be solved without looking deeper into the foundations of society.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @06:47PM
The correct question is: What roles should government be playing in the organization of societal interaction?
Why are the men with guns setting the rules rather than enforcing the rules established voluntarily between individuals themselves?
This talk about "digital rights" is superficial, and will never be solved without looking deeper into the foundations of society.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @07:22PM (9 children)
The correct question is: What roles should government be playing in the organization of societal interaction?
Why are the men with guns setting the rules rather than enforcing the rules established voluntarily between individuals themselves?
This talk about "digital rights" is superficial, and will never be solved without looking deeper into the foundations of society.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday July 09 2018, @07:26PM (8 children)
3 times is enough, you get it already?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @07:41PM
Maybe you guys should stop collapsing his comments.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @08:14PM (6 children)
I agree, marking him troll three times is plenty, you should probably cut it out now.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 09 2018, @09:37PM (5 children)
You mean marking *you* Troll three times? Good grief, do you think we're dumb? Piss off.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @09:47PM (2 children)
So, you're some kind of stupid; at the very least, you're paranoid.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday July 10 2018, @04:21AM (1 child)
It ain't paranoia if they're actually out to get you. And as to some kind of stupid, maybe; I do spend a lot of effort trying to improve the morals of people who don't seem to have the necessary underlying machinery for it on this site. That's kinda dumb I guess.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday July 10 2018, @08:35AM
Noble, yes... but of course dumb too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 10 2018, @12:21PM (1 child)
Not the same person, not that it matters, just someone else aware of the low bar for "trolling" around here. I'm really not sure what in the OP's statement caused his post to be marked a troll to begin with, let alone got under someone's skin enough to spend an afternoon trying desperately to keep it from being read.
The only one here trolling is you. Fuck off.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 10 2018, @07:01PM
exactly. the op makes an obvious, but true (and evidently seldom realized) statement and the boot licking slaves mark them troll. ridiculous morons.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday July 09 2018, @07:42PM (1 child)
Here's hoping they make sane decisions compared to our perpetual Mickey Mouse Copyright System.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @08:00PM
It literally is Mickey Mouse: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mickey%20mouse [urbandictionary.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @09:19PM (2 children)
I wonder if there is a way to move into other direction and whether those proposals exist.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 09 2018, @11:35PM (1 child)
Depends. How many representatives can you afford to bribe if you all pitch in?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 10 2018, @09:56AM
Depends on how crowd-funding is these days, I suppose.