https://thenextweb.com/uk/2020/01/27/brexit-saves-uk-from-the-terrible-eu-copyright-laws-it-helped-create/ > Last year, the majority of EU states voted in favor of the controversial EU Copyright Directive, which its opponents say will greatly harm free speech online and open source initiatives. > All EU countries have to implement it before June 2021, but now the UK — one of the member states that originally backed the legislation — has declared it will not adopt the directive as it’ll not be obligated to do so post Brexit, BBC reports.