Copyright e Internet: tutto rimandato a settembre | Il Bo Live UniPD

[Google translate] Copyright and Internet: everything postponed to September

318 against, 278 in favour, 31 abstentions for a total of 627 votes. With regard to the proposed reform of the copyright directive, the European Parliament in Strasbourg has expressed its opposition to the opening of negotiations between Parliament, Council and EU Commission, a process that should lead to the final approval of the reform by January 2019. The directive will be examined and voted on again in September at the next plenary session.

"The real result of this vote - says Wikimedia Italia spokesman Maurizio Codogno - is the recognition that the issue of copyright is so important that it deserves careful consideration by the whole Parliament. I am sure that the debate in the coming months will lead to a directive that really cares about protecting the rights of everyone, from small independent producers of content to large publishers, and above all allows everyone to have free and legal access to information and knowledge".