EFF: Fake Compromises, Real Threats in Next Week’s EU Copyright Vote
Fake Compromises, Real Threats in Next Week’s EU Copyright Vote In July, millions of Europeans called on the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to vote down a proposal that would impose copyright filters on European social media, and create a new power for newspapers to charge or sue anyone linking to their news stories. The MEPs listened to that call, and in an historic rejection of the standard procedure, voted to revisit that language. Now they have a more complicated choice to make, and less than a week to learn how to make it. Next Wednesday at Noon CET, all 751 MEPS will be voting on 203 brand new amendments to the “Copyright in the Digital Single Market” directive, including genuine reforms as well as innocuous-looking language that would double-down on the copyright filters and link taxes from the previous, rejected, draft. If you’re someone who understands how the Internet works, and a voter in an EU memberstate – or you know someone who is – you may be those MEPs...