As we reported yesterday, the European Parliament voted to pass the much-discussed Article 13 of its European Copyright Directive yesterday, with 438 MEPs voting in favour of the article focused on internet […]
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Article 13 approved by European Parliament by 438 votes to 226
MEPs have voted to pass the much-discussed Article 13 of the European Copyright Directive. Of the 751 politicians voting on the directive today in Strasbourg, 438 voted in favour, 226 against and 39 abstained.
The news is already being celebrated by music rightsholders and their representative bodies, but will come as a blow to the technology companies and activists who had been campaigning against the proposal.
We’ll be covering reactions to the news in the coming hours here, so check back on this story regularly for updates.
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Music bodies make final push ahead of Article 13 vote today
Today’s the day for the crucial vote in the European Parliament on copyright reform, including the much-discussed Article 13 – which is being presented by music bodies as the means […]
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Despite Article 13 support, Paul McCartney to play YouTube gig
Sir Paul McCartney has a new album coming out, ‘Egypt Station’, and like a growing number of artists he’s promoting it through partnerships with various streaming services.
YouTube included: Sir Paul will be livestreaming a performance on his YouTube channel this Friday (7 September) promising to play Beatles, Wings and solo classics as well as his new material.
It should boost his channel subscribers beyond the current 392,000 figure, and bag some press headlines around the new album to boot, so it’s a sensible move.
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YouTube enlists its creators to campaign against EC’s Article 13
This month, the European Parliament will have a fuller debate and a new vote on its plans for copyright reform, including the much-discussed Article 13, which will cover safe harbour for internet platforms.
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BMG revenues grew by 3.3% in the first half of 2018
Media group Bertelsmann published its latest financial results yesterday, including figures for its music subsidiary BMG.
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UK music industry ups #LoveMusic Euro lobbying effort
Tensions are rising ahead of the crucial European Parliament vote in September on copyright-reform legislation. A group of British music industry bodies are lobbying together to persuade MEPs to vote to reform the way safe harbour works in Europe, under the banner of #LoveMusic.
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UK MPs weigh in over ‘platform or publisher?’ debate
The UK’s House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published an interim report exploring the threats to democracy posed by ‘fake news’ and hyper-targeted advertising designed to swing election votes.
It includes calls for companies like Facebook and Google to be more regulated, including a body to audit the way their recommendation algorithms work. The report also tackled the familiar (especially to music rightsholders) debate over whether tech companies should be treated as mere platforms, or publishers.
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European copyright vote stalls progress of Article 13
If this week has felt like a bit too much European policymaking at the top of this bulletin, apologies. But the debate around the draft Copyright Directive, and particularly its Article 13, is something that’s being watched closely around the world. By now you may know that yesterday’s vote in the European Parliament did not go the way much of the music industry and its allies had hoped: 318 votes to reject the directive in its current form, versus 278 to approve it, with 31 abstentions.
Reactions from the music industry fall into two camps: those rolling up their sleeves for the next stage of amending the proposed legislation before it gets a full debate in the European Parliament, and those training their fire on technology companies (Google in particular) and decrying yesterday’s vote as a wasted opportunity.
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Article 13 lobbying goes up to the wire – so what next?
Today sees the crucial European Parliament vote on the proposed new EU Copyright Directive, including the ‘Article 13’ that’s been the focus of so much attention for the music industry. Lobbying around the proposed approach to safe harbours and copyright-filtering requirements for online platforms of all sizes has continued up to the wire, with the music industry waiting until yesterday to deploy one of its key weapons: a Beatle.
“Unfortunately, the value gap jeopardises the music ecosystem. We need an Internet that is fair and sustainable for all. But today some User Upload Content platforms refuse to compensate artists and all music creators fairly for their work, while they exploit it for their own profit,” suggested the letter signed by Sir Paul McCartney, and published through the IFPI for the attention of European politicians.
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Music bodies up lobbying efforts ahead of crucial Article 13 vote
It’s now one day until a crucial vote in the European Parliament on the EU’s draft Copyright Directive, and music bodies are leading the charge of creative industries in urging politicians to support the proposed legislation – and specifically its Article 13, which focuses on the obligations of online platforms around copyrighted content being uploaded by their users.
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Pressure builds ahead of European vote on safe harbour
Music rightsholders in Europe are preparing for the latest stage of lobbying in the debate over safe-harbour reform – ahead of a crucial vote in the European Parliament next week. PRS for Music is flagging up a ‘Make Internet Fair’petition that’s been signed (so far) by more than 32,000 creators, songwriters included.
“This is about copyright and specifically about the rights of creators versus those of the Internet giants; it is about the way the Internet functions as a fair and efficient marketplace. It is a debate we must win if we want to secure our creative community into the next decade,” said PRS CEO Robert Ashcroft.