Copyright in Europe: The European Parliament and the European Council have agreed on the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. The bill also includes the controversial Article 13, which can lead to "filtering" of the internet.
The full text of the bill will be submitted to the European Parliament for the final vote, which is due to take place in March or April.
So, according to the above, the future of online copyright is expected to change definitively after the agreement reached on the relevant Copyright Directive.
For those who don't know, the framework of the agreement states that all major online platforms they should negotiate license agreements with copyright holders to republish their works. Each should be checked σελίδα with content (see YouTube), to ensure that there are no copyright infringements.
The above bill aims to ensure a fee for content producers on the internet. Of course there are too many who oppose the upcoming bill stating that the specific procedure it will greatly limit freedom of expression on the internet.
The "stones" of the scandal in the upcoming Copyright bill are Articles 11 and 13.
Article 13 obliges online platforms to use filters to monitor (and block) content posted by users, to ensure that there are no copyright infringements.
Article 11, on the other hand, obliges online platforms that re-publish informative, and newsgraphics articles (like Google News) to contracts with content producers who aim to payment their.
The bill will have to be officially ratified by the European Parliament and the EU. Its consideration by the Council of Ministers is due to take place next week and the final vote in plenary is expected to take place in the last week of March or mid-April . After the Bill is passed, all EU Member States will have a 24 month deadline to incorporate the new regulations into their national legislation.