EU Parliament Committee Approves Copyright Law That Will Change The Internet As We Know It

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Reuters: EU Parliament committee votes for tougher EU copyright rules to rein in tech giants

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), Facebook (FB.O), Microsoft (MSFT.O) and other tech giants could face more curbs on their market power after a European Parliament committee voted in favor of tougher copyright rules on Wednesday.

The copyright rules, proposed by the European Commission two years ago, are designed to take account of the growing role of online platforms, forcing them to share revenues with publishers and bear liability for copyright infringement on the internet.

The vote by the Legal Affairs Committee is likely to be the Parliament’s official stance as it heads into negotiations with EU countries on a common position, unless dissenting lawmakers force a vote at the general assembly next month.

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Update #1: 'Disastrous' copyright bill vote approved (BBC)
Update #2: EU takes first step in passing controversial copyright law that could ‘censor the internet’ (Verge)
Update #3: EU committee approves new rules that could 'destroy the internet as we know it' (The Independent)

WNU Editor: This EU vote is a disaster, and it is going to severely limit the information that EU customers can get on the internet. I am not sure how this will impact this blog .... because I do aggregate the news .... but my preliminary reading of the bill is that it is going to severely limit (if not ban) my use of news sources from Europe. And here is the kicker .... before the final vote of this bill by the EU parliament that is expected in 6 months .... all discussions will now be done behind closed doors.