Euro copyright vote: Whoa, did the EU just 'break the internet'?

Euro copyright vote: Whoa, did the EU just 'break the internet'?

6 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/20/eu_copyright_reform_article_11_13/

JURI, European Parliament's legal affairs committee, voted today to approve article 11, a new neighbouring right in the EU Copyright Directive for news publishers to seek payment for reuse of snippets of articles, in a narrow 13:12 vote.

It also voted in a more controversial measure, article 13 of the same Directive, intended to plug the user-generated content (UGC) loophole YouTube enjoys by obliging Google to take measures to avoid repeat infringing uploads.