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Tears of joy or tears of sorrow? European Parliament approves biggest overhaul in copyright law for 20 years
On Tuesday 26 March 2019, news broke that the new Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market had been voted through the EU Parliament. The Directive, which has been the subject of the most intensive lobbying ever experienced in relation to new legislation, passed through the EU Parliament with 348 votes in favour, 274 votes against and 24 abstentions.
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MEPs agree on provisional text of Copyright Directive
Today, 26 February 2019, Members of the European Parliament (the Legal Affairs Committee) have approved the draft text of the new Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market. The draft legislation was approved by 16 votes in favour and 9 votes against and no abstentions. The final vote in Parliament is scheduled to take place during the 25-28 March II plenary session.
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Progress finally made on the proposed new Copyright Directive
On Wednesday 13 February 2019, after apparently 13 hours of difficult negotiations, the European Parliament (EP), the Council of the EU and the European Commission spread some copyright love just in time for Valentine's Day and finally managed to reach political agreement on the text of the new Copyright Directive.
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*Update on the draft Copyright Directive*
An update on where we are with proposed draft Copyright Directive.
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The European Parliament proposes "fair and reasonable remuneration" amendments to the proposed Digital Copyright Directive
On 12th September, the European Parliament (EP) voted in favour of a number of amendments to the highly controversial draft Digital Copyright Directive, having voted in July to reject the previous draft.
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New Copyright Directive proposals – a help or a hindrance?
On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament voted in favour of a number of amendments that have been made to the draft Copyright Directive. This follows the previous vote on 5 July 2018 when the EP controversially rejected the previous draft. Some are hailing this a victory for the creative industry as it is hoped the Directive will provide for fair remuneration for copyright holders. Others, however, are up in arms that these provisions will restrict the free flow of content on the internet.
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Will EU law change to address challenges relating to 3D printing?
On 26 June 2018, the Committee of Legal Affairs of the European Parliament (JURI) published a report on three-dimensional printing specifically focusing on the challenges concerning IP rights and civil liability and called on the European Commission to consider such issues particularly when assessing Directive 2004/48/E (the "Enforcement Directive") and Directive 85/374/EEC (the "Product Liability Directive"). This has now been adopted by the European Parliament on 3 July 2018.
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Draft Copyright Directive in state of flux as European Parliament rejects controversial proposals
A plenary vote (where all members of the European Parliament come together) took place last week on 5 July 2018 in relation to the draft text of the new Copyright Directive in the digital single market, and in a shock turn around, the European Parliament rejected the current draft by a margin of 318-278. This means that Parliament’s position will now be up for debate, amendment and a further vote during the next plenary session in September 2018 (10th-13th), instead of progressing to the fast track trilogue negotiation process.