Voices so loud the EU cannot ignore them 14/05/2016 by Tom Hirche
Last Thursday, OpenMedia's Ruth Coustick-Deal met with the MEPs Julia Reda, Marietje Schaake, Vicky Ford, Josef Weidenholzer and Daniel Dalton to deliver all 3737 responses people from all over the EU submitted using the Save the Link survey on the European Commission's public consultation on online platforms. Read more
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The link is not save, yet! 08/05/2016 by Tom Hirche
The EU Commission's public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the 'panorama exception' is still running. That gives you the chance to speak up for a free Internet and to prevent the Commisson from proposing an ancillary copyright that will hurt everybody. Read more
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#FixCopyright at re:publica 26/04/2016 by Tom Hirche
In less than one week, the annual re:publica will open its gates again. Among the approximately 850 speakers will be Caroline de Cock. She is a Coordinator at Copyright for Creativity (C4C) will kick off the new #FixCopyright campaign! Read more
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Extending a bad idea does not make it better! 15/04/2016 by Tom Hirche
On 24th March, the European Commission launched its public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the 'panorama exception'. Looking at the wording, it provides great insight into the Commission’s plans for the upcoming copyright reform. Read more
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Open letter to EU Commission 08/04/2016 by Tom Hirche
- IGEL
- C4C
- CCIA
- Communia
- EIFL
- EuroISPA
- BEUC
- DIGITALEUROPE
- EDRi
- AFNUM
- APDETIC
- SEPE
- bitkom
- CDT
- Centrum Cyfrowe
- EBLIDA
- FFTI
- IFLA
- Kennisland
- La Quadrature du Net
- LACA
- LIBER
- Mozilla
- NEMO
- OFE
- ORG
- SA&S
- SFIB
- X-Net
- ZIPSEE
As a partner of a great coalition we have signed an open letter to members of the European Commission responsible for the digital single market. We demand "an ambitious reform that is fit for purpose in the digital environment and that upholds and strengthens fundamental principles such as the limitation of intermediaries’ liability, rights of citizens to freedom of communication and access to knowledge." Read more
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Our brochure is finally here! 06/04/2016 by Tom Hirche
After countless hours of work, the new brochure "The Ancillary Copyright for Press Publishers – Background and Essential Questions" by founder of IGEL Dr. Till Kreutzer is now available. For the moment, it is only in German, but an English version will follow soon. On 32 pages it answers all important questions regarding an ancillary copyright for press publishers. Read more
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Commission launches public consultation 24/03/2016 by Tom Hirche
Today, the European Commission has launched its public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the 'panorama exception'. Everybody is welcomed to take the online survey. Although it is only available in English, French and German you can reply in any EU language. Read more
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MEPs sign Open Letter to Commission 18/12/2015 by Tom Hirche
- Günther Oettinger
- Julia Reda
- Andrus Ansip
- Vicky Ford
- Marietje Schaake
- Josef Weidenholzer
- Jean-Claude Juncker
A cross-party coalition formed by over 80 MEPs has written an Open Letter to President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, to European Commissioner for Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip as well as to European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Günther Oettinger. They are "deeply concerned about the Commission's Communication 'Towards a modern, more European copyright framework'". Read more
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EU Commission releases final version of its Copyright Communication 09/12/2015 by Till Kreutzer
Today, the Commission’s published its action plan on copyright in the Digital Age “Towards a modern, more European copyright framework” (PDF). Compared to the leaked draft paper the final version contains quite a few but significant changes. Especially with regard to the ancillary copyright.
Go to YouCan.FixCopyright.eu! 07/12/2015 by Tom Hirche
In late September, the EU Commission has initiated its public consultation on online platforms. To encourage everybody to speak his/her mind, there now is (another) online tool that facilitates the process of submitting your opinion to the Commission. Read more
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European publishers against European AC 07/12/2015 by Tom Hirche
- 300polityka
- AEEPP
- ANSO
- meltygroup
- European Commission
- Dannik N
- Echo24.cz
- Weekly Echo
- Eldiario.es
- Golem
- Les Echos
- SPIIL
- The European
- The Journal
Several Open Letters have reached the EU Commissioners while they conduct their public consultation on the role of online platforms. The most recent originates from a group of various European publishers who speak out against an ancillary copyright for press publishers. Read more
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AC has "overwhelmingly negative impact" 02/12/2015 by Tom Hirche
EDiMA, the European trade association representing online platforms, has recently published a document that summarizes the research available on ancillary rights in news. The results are alarming. Read more
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Open Letter to EC and EP (UPDATE) 25/11/2015 by Tom Hirche
As part of a large coalition we have co-signed two open letters addressed to the European Commission as well as the European Parliament informing them about our concerns regarding the Commission's approach on copyright affairs. Read more
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No link tax, says Ansip 23/11/2015 by Tom Hirche
Tell the Commission and save the link! 19/11/2015 by Tom Hirche
Civil society and digital rights groups are sounding the alarm about a public consultation run by the European Commission on the role of online platforms, the result of which could be new copyright rules that would effectively shut down people’s right to freely link online. The 75,000-strong Save The Link network has created an Internet Voice Tool to send feedback to the Commission as part of their consultation. Read more
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EU Commission thinks about attacking the link directly 09/11/2015 by Tom Hirche
The Blog IPKat leaked a draft communication on copyright reform from the European Commission "towards a modern, more European copyright framework". Alongside some positive approaches on how to reform the European copyright law, it contains the threat of changing the web as we know it today by directly attacking the hyperlink. Read more
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Martin Schulz vs. Parliament 06/11/2015 by Tom Hirche
Martin Schulz (PES), President of the European Parliament and a trained bookseller, gave a Keynote at the Publishers' Summit this Monday in Berlin. It soon became clear that he disagrees with the majority of the Parliament in the matter of an ancillary copyright for press publishers. Read more
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GPTO rules on "tariff press publishers" 25/09/2015 by Tom Hirche
Yesterday, the copyright arbitration board of the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO) released its ruling on the "tariff news publishers". The outcome: The tariff is inadequate, thus unlawful. The ancillary copyright for press publishers remains pointless. Read more
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Axel Springer becomes a news aggregator 02/09/2015 by Tom Hirche
Axel Springer and Samsung announced to release a news aggregating app and to pay the accruing ancillary copyright fees. Read more
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Video about link censorship 20/07/2015 by Tom Hirche
Open Media has created a clever little video that shows you why we need to save the link from censorship. Watch and share!