EUROPE FOR CREATORS Launches Campaign to Support EU Copyright Directive
New Movement Calls on All Citizens to Preserve Culture and Democracy in Europe
05/07/2018 – Today in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted on the long-discussed Copyright Directive and rejected the JURI mandate with a tight majority. The European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) sees this as a missed opportunity to fix the current unfairness in the digital market once and for all, despite almost 2 years of thorough discussions and overwhelming evidence presented. Europe’s creators nevertheless remain mobilised and hope that the European Parliament will eventually reach a positive solution in plenary based on facts and common sense.
The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee adopted a critical report on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on 20th June clarifying and confirming the copyright liability of services such as YouTube and Facebook. However, the same companies are orchestrating a huge campaign spearheaded by the Pirate Party and carried out by organisations that are directly or indirectly funded by them to challenge this law at a Plenary vote in Strasbourg next week (5 July).