User blog:Laclale/EU's responce about article 13

I just used contact forum in site of EU. I asked about YouTube, but wiki and curse media maybe included in this case.

EU's responce
The draft directive on copyright in the digital single market aims at ensuring a wider online access to content in the EU and reaching new audiences, adapting certain exceptions to the digital and cross-border environment and at fostering a well-functioning and fair copyright market place.

The Commission proposed in Article 13 a targeted obligation on major online services, which store and give access to large amounts of works uploaded by their users. It aimed at helping right holders to have a better control over the use of their works on these platforms and be better remunerated for this. It did not aim at making it harder for creators or any users to share content but to make sure that those who create or invest in content can better decide how their content is used and get the share of the value created by their content.

The Commission does not target users with this provision. Youtubers will still be able to fully benefit from the copyright exceptions and limitations and enjoy freedom of speech on user-uploaded platforms. Caricatures, parody or pastiche are protected under EU Law by an optional exception to copyright. Similarly, quotations for purposes such as criticism or review, provided that they relate to a work or other subject-matter which has already been lawfully made available are also protected under EU Law by an optional exception to copyright.

The Commission proposal only added in Article 13 the possibility for authors of memes or parodic content users to react in cases where their content would be unjustly prevented from being uploaded on the platform (e.g. when the users benefit from an exception to copyright, such as the parody exception) by proposing the introduction of a complaints and redress mechanism.

Please note that the draft directive is currently being discussed by the European Parliament and the Council and that the Commission is working towards facilitating a balanced agreement between the two co-legislators.