From Breakit:
Did the members of the European parliament actually know what they voted yes to regarding the future of the internet?
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On Wednesday the European Parliament voted in favor of the Copyright Directive. The legislation is intended to modernise online copyright laws in Europe, and bring them into the 21st century.
Rights holders, such as the music industry, welcomes it.
But critics see the Copyright Directive as the end of the free internet as we know it. The so-called “link tax” and the “upload filter” (Articles 11 and 13) have caught the spotlight.
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After the vote, resulting in 438 in favor and 226 against, the German politician Axel Voss looked particularly relieved. As rapporteur, he has been in charge of carrying the Copyright Directive through the sometimes harsh criticism – towards the finale: The applause that sounded in Strasbourg this Wednesday after the vote.
But Swedish journalist Emanuel Karlsten – who has followed the directive closely – made a somewhat shocking revelation after the following press briefing.
He spoke to Voss about a part of the Copyright Directive that has passed largely unnoticed. It deals with recording video during large sports events, an activity enjoyed by more than a few social media users.
“In brief the proposal states that not even an individual can film a game of soccer or a horse riding competition”, Emanuel Karlsten writes.
When Karlsten asked Voss about it, the rapporteur said that the part about sports events had slipped through without anyone noticing.
“This was kind of a mistake, i think, by the JURI Committee. Someone amended this, nobody has been aware of this”, Axel Voss said.
He added:
“I didn’t know that this was in the proposal so far, so I have to deal with it now”
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Axel Voss stated that the time pressure made the politicians focus their attention on issues such as article 11 and 13.
“So we have been surprised that this has been in the text, but of course we have to discuss this”, he said.
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This law can be attackd on several fronts. The easiest is to attack the vice de fond; null de nullite absolue and other fun legal phrases. This law was voted without the legislators knowing what was in it. That’s absolute nullity right there as well as violating a whole host of European and regional human right laws, etc.
Lawyers will get very rich.
xavier
We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it.
If you officially know what’s on it you can’t later claim it wasn’t your fault when it all goes wrong …
Not having a horse in this race (yet), I can sit back and watch – corn’s ah poppin’. 😉
You know, that sounds vaguely familiar.
Think the drafter will publicly admit in two years they lied because it was the only way to pass it?
The sports stations would love a law like that over here. 😉
But what they don’t seem to realize is that this might be a big enough to-do to have people boycott the events altogether, quickly turning them from money makers into money pits.
I do like the ‘but I didn’t have time to read it before voting on it’ bit. ol’ Judge Judy would tear them a new one.
Oh well, I understand there’s one more chance/vote before the EU disappears from the internet …
This only applies in Europe people. Just like the last stupid law they passed. Only thing this accomplishes is to further ensure people don’t do business in the EU.
Which is the intent.
They know exactly what they’re paid to do.
To bad those paying for those votes don’t think things through. I’d love to watch them try to actually enforce it – they’d have riots before the games instead of after!