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The European Copyright Directive: What Is It, and Why Has It Drawn More Controversy

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2019-03-20 08:13:28
Techonomics

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/03/european-copyright-directive-what-it-and-why-has-it-drawn-more-controversy-any [eff.org]

During the week of March 25, the European Parliament will hold the final vote on the Copyright Directive, the first update to EU copyright rules since 2001; normally this would be a technical affair watched only by a handful of copyright wonks and industry figures, but the Directive has become the most controversial issue in EU history, literally, with the petition opposing it attracting more signatures than any other petition in change.org’s history.

[...] And on March 23, people from across Europe are marching against the Copyright Directive.


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