On July 5, 2018, the plenary session of the European Parliament voted on the reform of copyright in the digital internal market.
These two articles (11th and 13th), as proposed, would have paved the way for
comprehensive censorship of the Internet. For this reason we have
created a fortunately very successful petition, which, thanks to the
personal invitation of MEP Julia Reda, we were able to present to MEPs
immediately before the vote, together with the at that time 736,000
signatures. The untiring efforts of our Members and the enormous number
of signatures enabled us to make Members aware of the considerable risk
of this reform and thus prevent it from being adopted in plenary.
The reform proposal on copyright (especially Articles 11 and 13) was rejected by 318 (53%) to 278 (47%)!
However, the threat has not yet completely disappeared! The
rejection in plenary simply means that the reform proposal will have to
be revised and resubmitted. We expect another vote on a revised version
in September
Now, it's time to take action and protect your internet as you know. It's time to contact your MEP!