LINE TAX & COPYRIGHT FILTER!

LINE TAX & COPYRIGHT FILTER!



In the days, much has been written about a new copyright law from the EU that many people think will change the internet. The proposal was voted on for the first time in the European Parliament last Wednesday and will involve a lot of changes regarding how individuals, media and other actors get used to the internet. Below we review the proposals for a "link tax" and a copyright filter, as well as how they may change the internet.


The proposals


The proposals are basically described as a way for the EU to regain some control over the internet and to strengthen the copyright for creators and media.

Secondly, it is a link tax with the purpose of paying media when articles they create are used to become content on other sites. The idea is that if an external page creates involvement because of someone else's work, the creator of the content will be paid. In order to share the material of others, you should therefore have a license agreement with the media from which articles and content are shared. The proposal does not apply to private individuals, but will apply to, for example, blogs.

However, the copyright filter is the big question. Basically, the proposal is based on the fact that all services where users are allowed to publish their own material must continue to have a filter that ensures that there is no copyrighted material in this uploaded material. This proposal thus affects all types of social media and includes all types of copyrighted material from artwork to music and images.


What happens now?


In a noticeable video clip on Twitter, it was clear that the proposals were voted through to standing ovations in the European Parliament, and both the link tax and the filter are likely to become a reality. But what does that mean?

Many consider this to mean a new era for the internet, where freedom of expression is more limited and where new media actors are having difficulty in establishing themselves.

The link tax is expected to result in one of two things. Either it will be expensive for smaller players to settle because they will have to pay money to the media from which they aggregate their material or the higher cost will result in less spread of news and articles and thus risking the interference of discussion on the Internet.

The filter itself also has the risk that smaller and new operators will suffer greatly because of the cost of developing a filter of this kind, which could in turn inhibit competition on the market. For example, Google has developed a similar tool to keep track of what is uploaded on YouTube and the development of this is said to have cost around 400 million. Furthermore, opponents of the decision argue that a filter of this type may reduce the possibility of discussing other people's work, the ability to satire and social commentary, as well as freedom of expression on the internet overall. Above all, people worry about what the next step in this monitoring could be.

Just as when GDPR was introduced last spring, there is a risk that potential legislation will draw the map of how individuals, businesses and media can access the Internet. If the new directives lead to better protection of copyright on the internet remains to be seen.

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