"Copyright" directive: rejection of the negotiating mandate by MEPs, pushed until September 2018

"Parliament’s plenary voted by 318 votes to 278, with 31 abstentions to reject the negotiating mandate, proposed by the Legal Affairs Committee on 20/06/2018. As a result, Parliament’s position will now be up for debate, amendment, and a vote during the next plenary session, in September," stated the European Parliament, regarding a copyright directive to propose a digital single market, after the vote in Strasbourg (FRA) on 05/07/2018.

"I regret that a majority of MEPs did not support the position which I and the Legal Affairs Committee have been advocating. But this is part of the democratic process. We will now return to the matter in September for further consideration and attempt to address peoples’ concerns whilst bringing our copyright rules up to date with the modern digital environment," stated Axel Voss (MEP, GER), a supporter of the text.

The main objective of the directive is "to reduce the differences between national copyright regimes and allow for wider online access to works by users across the EU," according to the European Parliament draft text.

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