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| <head> | |||
| <title>EU Copyright Review: Tell Legislators to Save Code Share</title> | |||
| </head> | |||
| <body> | |||
| <h1>EU Copyright Review: Tell Legislators to Save Code Share</h1> | |||
| <p newsteaser="yes">The FSFE, together with Open Forum Europe, asks the | |||
| EU policymakers to Save Code Share in the current on-going EU Copyright review. | |||
| Today we ask you to support our newest campaign <a href="https://savecodeshare.eu/">Save Code Share</a> | |||
| by signing an <a href="https://savecodeshare.eu/#sign-letter">Open Letter</a> | |||
| addressed to the EU policymakers.In this letter we request EU legislators | |||
| to preserve the ability to collaboratively build software online in current | |||
| EU Copyright Directive proposal.</p> | |||
| <p>If the proposed changes targeted at online platforms are implemented, this would | |||
| force online code sharing repositories to use filters that monitor and | |||
| preemptively take down any content that could potentially infringe copyright, | |||
| including entire code repositories. Otherwise, platforms will be held | |||
| directly liable for any alleged copyright infringement found in the source code | |||
| hosted on their services. Such shift in the liability regime from | |||
| rightholders to platforms would durably harm the Free Software ecosystem | |||
| which often relies on code hosting platforms to build software together, | |||
| as it will result in more arbitrary code removal on code hosting | |||
| platforms.</p> | |||
| <h2>How does Article 13 harm Free Software?</h2> | |||
| <p>A lot of the software used in everyday life contains Free Software | |||
| components. Free Software is popular because it can be shared under | |||
| terms that allow and encourage using it for any purpose, studying its | |||
| source code, sharing it with others, and customising it according to | |||
| one's needs. Source code is often shared through online code hosting | |||
| platforms that act as a main access point for collaboration online.</p> | |||
| <p>The current legislative negotiations over the EU "Copyright Reform" | |||
| package, and particularly Article 13, <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170908-01.en.html">indicate</a> | |||
| that we risk seeing the imposition of far-reaching rules for every online | |||
| platform which allows their users to upload large amounts of content, | |||
| including code hosting platforms. Specifically, the proposals embodied | |||
| in the draft of Article 13 threaten code hosting platforms by imposing | |||
| new obligations on them. Namely, code hosting platforms will be legally | |||
| required to use costly (but ultimately fundamentally flawed) filtering | |||
| technologies. There are no known filtering technologies that could accurately | |||
| and reliably identify whether any Free Software is being shared in | |||
| accordance with its legal terms and conditions. In addition, the proposed | |||
| Article 13 will oblige online platforms to monitor their users and | |||
| actively seek for possible copyright infringements.</p> | |||
| <div class="captioned" style="width:80%; margin: 1.5em auto;"><a href="https://savecodeshare.eu/"> | |||
| <img src="/news/2017/graphics/git_push_savecode.png" alt="git_push_savecode" /></a> | |||
| </div> | |||
| <p>Consequently, Article 13, as currently proposed, would shift the | |||
| responsibility for protecting allegedly infringed rights from rightholders | |||
| to platforms in a way that disproportionately harms the sector that is | |||
| a cornerstone of innovation.</p> | |||
| <p>Article 13 would restrict the freedom of developers to choose freely | |||
| among a variety of software components and tools, as these tools and | |||
| components will no longer be available online. In a domino effect, Free | |||
| Software projects could no longer rely upon precedent projects and tools | |||
| due to an arbitrary upload filter that can prevent code being hosted online. | |||
| As a consequence, software will become less reliable, and digital infrastructure | |||
| less resilient for everybody.</p> | |||
| <h2>Take Action Now</h2> | |||
| <p>Please <a href="https://savecodeshare.eu/">sign and share the Open Letter</a> | |||
| both on behalf of an organisation, and as an individual. The Open Letter | |||
| together with your signatures will be handed over to the Members of the | |||
| European Parliament and the EU Council. For more information on how | |||
| proposed Article 13 would harm fundamental rights and negatively impact | |||
| collaborative software development and Free Software, please <a href="https://savecodeshare.eu/static/assets/WhitePaper-ImpactofArticel13onSoftwareEcosystem-SaveCodeShare.pdf">read our White Paper</a>. | |||
| </p> | |||
| </body> | |||
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| <tag>front-page</tag> | |||
| <tag content="Save Code Share">savecodeshare</tag> | |||
| <tag content="Open Letter">openletter</tag> | |||
| <tag content="Copyright">copyright</tag> | |||
| <tag content="Digital Single Market">digitalsinglemarket</tag> | |||
| <tag content="Policy">policy</tag> | |||
| </tags> | |||
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