Now over the last few days tens of thousands of europeans have been protesting a proposed reform of copyright law in the european union they re worried about how the new rules will affect free speech on the internet today the european parliament is set to vote on that deal so let s take a look at what s at stake right now if a user uploads text video music or photos to a platform like you tube that person is responsible for respecting copyright restrictions the e.u. wants to reverse this principle the new legislation would make a platform operators liable for the content on their sites and they would face fines if laws are broken well the intent is to force sites like facebook and you tube to monitor what users publish but critics fear that websites will end up using automatic filters that also block material that s not restricted opponents of
Held in the first place must be repealed to guarantee this never happens again. and special report from. abraham. over the last few days tens of thousands of europeans have been protesting against a proposed reform of a u. copyright law they re worried about how new rules will affect free speech on the internet the european parliament is due to vote on the changes today so at the moment if a user uploads text video music all photos to a platform like you tube that person is responsible for respecting copyright restrictions the e.u. wants to change this so that a platform operators of become liable for the contents on their site backed up with fines if laws are broken so it s meant to force sites like facebook and youtube to monitor what users publish but critics fear that web sites will end up using
Platform operators liable for the content and this will be backed up with fines if those laws broken so it s meant to force sites like facebook and you tube to monitor what uses rashly publishing critics of scale for saying fear that websites will end up using automatic filters that could also block material that is not restricted but as we heard opponents of article thirteen say that it would have a chilling censorship effect and small businesses so i go referred to his that interview with one of the law s main sponsors this was the german m.e.p. x. so fast i was the first rejected criticisms that the bill would stifle creativity unisys for small startups and young into internet entrepreneurs so the youngest and the smallest one. excluded of these for three years at the end but then also you have to question yourself if your business model is grounded on
A tens of thousands of europeans to protest against the measures that they say that they are worried about how new rules will affect free speech on the internet while at the heart of the matter is article thirteen of the legislation its proponents claim it would help copyright holders protect their intellectual property but opponents fear it could lead to censorship and so how exactly will this new bill change things for in it users in berlin well right now if a user uploads text video music or photos to a platform like you choop that person is responsible for respecting copyright restrictions the age you has now reversed that principle the new legislation makes platform operators liable for the content on their sites and they will face fines if laws are broken while the intent behind this is to force sites like facebook and
Is indeed is indeed the record that francis is absolutely stuck. mountings that he has speculation as to whether it s the reason they might even survive the end of the week so we shall see there thank you so much to bear get my us in london. now over the last few days tens of thousands of europeans have been protesting a proposed reform of copyright law in the european union they re worried about how the new rules will affect free speech on the internet today the european parliament is set to vote on the deal now let s look at what it is right now if you use or uploads text video music or photos to a platform like you tube that person is responsible for respecting copyright restrictions the e.u. wants to reverse this principle the new legislation would make platform operators