EU copyright reform: Meeting Admonitions only the dumb

The European Commission wants to reform copyright law. The most critical of these is the planned uploads. But there are also proponents.

EU copyright reform: Meeting Admonitions   only the dumb
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    Should alleInternetportale with user-generated content AufUrheberrechtsverletzungen check all contributions in advance? Among or things, association Wikimedia Deutschland, which feared a filtered Wikimedia Undhohe cost for provision of filtering systems, warns of consequences of se plans. At a discussion event last week (video), only Jan Coulter von Prosecution of Society for copyright infringement (GVU) defended concept. "We have to teach Leutenmal that y are concerned and, if necessary, get dieRechte," said GVU managing director.

    European Commission proposes, in its draft on copyright reform, that large platforms as "effective content recognition techniques" umbeispielsweise prevent illegal uploading of protected works. Such upload filters Nutztschon google on video platform YouTube, so as to enable LukrativeVerwertung of content. Critics, however, fear that EineFilterpflicht could prevent uploading of permitted material, and DieNutzer would thus be restricted in ir freedom of expression.

    Even white noise is blocked

    This Positionvertrat not only Wikimedia Speaker John Weitzmann, but also Lina Ehrig from Consumer Central Federation (VZBV), JudithSteinbrecher from IT Industry association Bitkom and European MEP Julia Reda, who was switched off by Brussels. Stone Crushers warned that NeuePflicht would not only apply to large platforms such as YouTube, Flickr, Pinterest OderInstagram, but also to pure host providers such as cloud, email services or even service providers. "The list is Sehrlang," said Stone breaker.

    DieseInhalteerkennung must work not only with music, but also with videos, texts, photos, paintings and architecture. In doing so, each service had to operate with reference data from Rightsholders, said Bitkom representative. Daherseien has already registered around 8,000 rights holders in Google Content ID system. However, a small platform could not afford it. In addition, Google Systems seienselbst very error-prone and would even recognize WeißesRauschen Alsurheberrechtlich protected. There are probably "eineunendliche list of examples" and result would be: "Indubio pro blocking."

    Upload filter as business model

    According to Ansichtvon Reda, planned regulation could refore lead to derFilterpflicht of a business model for large companies such as Google, which have already developed such systems. "If our problem is that Firmenwie YouTube and Facebook have too much power and that algorithms decide too strongly 1988on what is happening on Internet, n solution cannot be that we are using more algorithms," said DieEuropaabgeordnete. The real perceived problem that diegroßen platforms now have too much influence and power will make by upload filter even worse.

    According to Ansichtdes VZBV, EU Commission's proposal also does not contribute to solving daseigentliche problem, so-called value gap between rightsholders and platforms. Instead, Ehrig asked wher "distribution problem" was not more likely to exist between rights evaluators and actual authors. It is refore questionable wher proposal actually solves problem. Zudemwerde a blockage of content uploading does not cause DieRechteinhaber to generate more revenue.

    Date Of Update: 15 January 2018, 12:03
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