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<title>FSFE welcomes adoption of copyright report in EP's JURI committee</title>
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<h1>FSFE welcomes adoption of copyright report in EP's JURI committee</h1>
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<p>In an important step towards modernising the EU's copyright laws, the
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Legal Affairs committee of the European Parliament on Tuesday adopted
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a report on the Copyright Directive by MEP Julia Reda. </p>
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By adopting the report with 23 votes in favour and 2 against, the
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committee asks the European Commission to consider a number of
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important updates to copyright as it works towards a revision of the
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EU Copyright Directive.
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<p><blockquote>
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"In a world built on information, copyright law is important in
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shaping the ways in which we live and work," says Karsten Gerloff,
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FSFE's president. "We hope that MEPs will further strengthen the
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rights of users as the report moves towards a plenary vote."</blockquote></p>
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FSFE,
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which <a href="/news/2015/news-20150605-02.html">provided
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input</a> to the MEPs on the Legal Affairs committe ahead of the
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vote, views the adopted report as largely positive. The committee
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generally supported the idea that copyright exceptions and
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limitations should apply equally both on- and offline. The MEPs
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also voted in favour of allowing authors to dedicate their works
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directly to the public domain.
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<p>
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The JURI committee adopted language stating that technological
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measures such as Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) should not stop
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users from enjoying copyright exceptions and limitations. However, the
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adopted report leaves out concrete measures to ensure that people can
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actually enjoy the full use of works that they have acquired.
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On the negative side, the text adopted today is lacking in some
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important respects. It does not contain an explicit statement that
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hyperlinks do not require a copyright license, so that this essential
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building block of the web remains in danger.
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Reda's proposal for an "open norm" akin to the "fair use" concept in
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the US was significantly weakened. The adopted wording on text and
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data mining is regrettably ambiguous. FSFE also regrets the deletion
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of language that made a clear distinction between physical and
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"intellectual property".
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MEPs can still submit amendments to the report. The European
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Parliament is scheduled to hold a plenary vote on July 9.
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