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<title>FSFE’s evaluation of the EU Parliament copyright report</title>
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<h1>FSFE’s evaluation of the EU Parliament copyright report</h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">On July 6th, the European Parliament voted
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on a report with a number of recommendations for copyright reform.
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We present today <a href="/activities/policy/eu/20150918-Assessment-Of-The-Report-On-InfoSoc.en.html">our
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evaluation</a> of how this could impact Free Software.</p>
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<p>A first draft of the report was written by MEP Julia Reda
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(Pirate Party) and consisted of a number of very sensible proposals
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to adapt copyright law to the challenges of today. At the time we
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<a href="/activities/policy/eu/20150605-Comments-On-Reda-Report.html">
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contacted</a> the Members of the European Parliament to highlight
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the best features and suggest some improvements.</p>
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<p>After going through a considerable amount of opposition and
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amendments, the European Parliament approved the final version
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of this document. Even if the report proposes some improvements
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to the current legislative framework, it presents various setbacks
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from the original draft and does not manage to completely solve
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the major problems with the current copyright legislation. In
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particular:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>the long overdue reform of copyright exceptions and
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limitations is now limited to private copying</li>
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<li>Digital Restriction Management (DRM) can still
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unjustly keep exceptions from operating</li>
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<li>publicly funded works are not contributed to the
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public domain, nor published under free licences</li>
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</ul>
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<p>You can also read
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<a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P8-TA-2015-0273&language=EN">the full text of the report</a>. For further
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information please visit <a href="https://juliareda.eu/2015/06/reda-report-adopted-a-turning-point-in-the-copyright-debate/">Julia
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Reda’s website</a> or <a href="http://copywrongs.eu/">copywrongs.eu</a>.</p>
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</body>
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<tags>
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag content="DRM">DRM</tag>
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<tag>Policy</tag>
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<tag content="European Parliament">EuropeanParliament</tag>
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<tag content="Public Administration">PublicAdministration</tag>
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