After two years and a half years of debate and a strong lobby, the European Parliament has approved the digital copyright directive. There are different opinions on this topic and this new rule will change the basic Internet rules. In the end, the creators and editors have won. There are two groups in this debate: Google, Youtube (big companies) and Internet users, and authors and creators. Those who are in favor of using the Internet freely, have complained about the modification of these rules, because freedom of speech is at stake.

 

In newly agreed texts, article 17 is now a reputation of 13 in its own right, but its purpose lies in the fact that digital platforms are obliged to determine which filters are used to put in place all the material that their users upload. Until now, the platform's role has been to eliminate these contents, but now, in a preventive way, the rules have to be made.

 

Those who are opposed to this article, being a caregiver algorithm, will say that it will create a lot of technical problems, which will be very expensive and will not be accurate at all times. Depending on the text, small businesses may think they will have problems. Only the Startups are free and they do not have to set this rule. Only in these cases: if the company is less than 3 years old, 10 million euros have less than one year of business, or 5 million views have only one month.

 

German Anxel Voss believes that things will change forever, and companies that have won a lot of money through creative money will not be able to earn so much money. Another rule has also been established; Sharing information for sharing. That is, places that add news, such as Google News or Facebook, should be paid for sharing news. This regulation was established in Spain a few years ago and as a result, Google News closed here. This rule is intended to act for publishers; Links can be shared, but only with a small content summary.

 

Information source: lavanguardia.com