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European Parliament passes Copyright Directive

27 March 2019
Issue: 7834 / Categories: Legal News , Intellectual property , EU
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The European Parliament has passed the controversial EU Copyright Directive, which, under Article 13, will make technology companies more accountable for copyrighted materials posted without permission. Opinion is divided on whether the Directive stifles creativity or will more fairly compensate artists. Concern has focused on Article 13, and on Article 11, which requires search engines and online news aggregators to pay to use links from news websites.
Issue: 7834 / Categories: Legal News , Intellectual property , EU
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