Article 13

Article 13

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What is Article 13?

Article 13 is the part of the new Eu Copyright Directive that covers how "online content sharing services" should deal with copyright-protected content, such as television programs and movies. YouTube, Dailymotion and Sound cloud.

What does Article 13 say?

Article 13 says content-sharing services must license copyright-protected material from the rights holders.

Article 13 says it shall "in no way affect legitimate uses" and people will be allowed to use bits of copyright-protected material for the purpose of criticism, review and parody

What happens next?

Ms. Berry a British politician said Article 13 still contained some "broad and ambiguous terms", such as the requirement for services to demonstrate high industry standards of professional diligence.

The proposed law will face a final vote in the European Parliament in the next few weeks. If it passes, national governments will implement it over the next two years.

Romain and Brice

Comments

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Thank you for this article we learnt a lot about the article 13. We had already spoken about it with our friends.

Grégoire et Lou