We’re taking to the streets on August 26th to #SaveYourInternet – join us!
A month ago, we made history: We stopped a law that would have massively restricted our freedom of expression in its tracks, dealing powerful lobbies pushing to expand copyright an “
unprecedented defeat”. Thank you for helping make that happen!
We’ve stopped the train – but the job is not finished: Now we must put it on the right track.
Decision Day: September 12th
On September 12th, MEPs will vote on how to proceed with the Copyright Directive. Proposals can be filed until September 5th.
Our goal is clear: The Parliament must adopt alternatives for
Article 11 and
Article 13 that
don’t force platforms to install upload filters and
don’t threaten links and snippets with an extra layer of copyright.
We should also reverse other bad decisions by the Legal Affairs Committee: By one single vote, the Committee decided not to demand a copyright
exception for user-generated content (like remixes, lip dubs or fan fiction) and declined to clarify that
linking is not copyright infringement. Instead, it called for granting
copyright protection to sport event organizers, which would make it copyright infringement for fans to post their own snapshots of matches (
Amendment 76). It also proposed that
image search engines should be required to take out expensive licenses to allow us to find images on the web (
Amendment 79).
I’ll be working towards these goals in the Parliament with our allies. But we need your support from the outside.
Action Day: August 26th
Download sign as PDFWe haven’t won yet. After their initial shock at losing the vote in July, the proponents of upload filters and the “link tax” have come up with a convenient narrative to downplay the massive public opposition they faced:
They’re claiming the protest was all fake, generated by bots and orchestrated by big internet companies. According to them, Europeans don’t
actually care about their freedom of expression. We don’t
actually care about EU lawmaking enough to make our voices heard. We will just stand idly by as our internet is restricted to serve corporate interests.
Let’s prove them wrong: Let’s take the protest to the streets. As we close in on the milestone of
1 million online signatures against upload filters and a link tax, let’s make our opposition unmissable and undismissable. Our message:> We’re 1 million standing strong to #
SaveYourInternet from censorship & control@
Tweet this!Join us on Sunday, August 26th in a city near you. Already, groups are putting together
events all over Europe:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/copyright-action-day-2018_238803?scaleControl=false&miniMap=false&scrollWheelZoom=false&zoomControl=true&allowEdit=false&moreControl=true&searchControl=null&tilelayersControl=null&embedControl=null&datalayersControl=true&onLoadPanel=undefined&captionBar=falseIf you’re able to organise a protest in your city,
drop my team a line and we’ll add yours to the map. Make sure you reach out to local politicians and parties
who voted against the plans, as well as the local media!
Stay tuned on
Facebook and
Twitter for the exact times and locations of the protests.
I’ll be at the protest in Berlin — and you?
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https://juliareda.eu/2018/08/saveyourinternet-action-day/
