The European Parliament has voted to approve a position
for talks with member states to hammer out a final deal on digital copyright
rules. The measure was approved Sept. 12 by 438 votes to 226, with 39
abstentions.
Many of the parliament’s changes “aim to make
certain that artists, notably musicians, performers and script authors, as well
as news publishers and journalists, are paid for their work when it is used by
sharing platforms such as YouTube or Facebook, and news aggregators such as
Google News,” a news release from
the parliament said.
Parliament’s position toughens the EU
Commission’s proposed plans to make online platforms and aggregators liable for
copyright infringements. This would also apply to snippets, where only a small
part of a news publisher’s text is displayed, the European Parliament release
said.
“This is a great day not only for news
publishers in Europe, but all over the world,” said David
Chavern, CEO of the News Media Alliance, which represents over 2,000 news
organizations in the U.S. and globally.
“The European Union is showing strong
leadership in protecting the sustainability of high-quality journalism, and we
hope that other countries follow suit in leveling the playing field between
news publishers and online services. We encourage the EU to conclude the
negotiations swiftly and to preserve a strong Article 11 in the final directive,”
Chavern said.
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