The EU Parliament’s legal affairs committee (JURI) has today voted on the planned copyright reform, and is following the Council of Ministers, which in May presented a joint proposal of the EU Member States as a basis for negotiation on the reform.

An open letter issued by a broad alliance of stakeholders calls for a move away from plans to introduce a European ancillary copyright law for press publishers. The signatories of the letter, who include representatives of quality media, argue that the ancillary copyright law is absolutely unnecessary for press publishers and completely contradicts the basic idea of free access to opinions and information on the Internet.

EU ancillary copyright law could slow down innovation in digitalization Missed target: The Commission’s proposal is one-sided and unbalanced The draft law is not compatible with European fundamental rights European ancillary copyright is no longer up to date, given recent rapid technological developments....