The European Parliament (EP) is discussing the European Commission (EC) proposal for a new European directive on copyright, that will endanger education and scientific research, freedom of expression and freedom of information.
The Members of European Parliament (MEP) submitted amendments to the EC’s proposal that are now being discussed and voted in EP’s committees according with the following timetable, taken from Julia Reda’s Website:
June 29, 2017 | LIBE | Vote on opinion |
July 11, 2017? | ITRE | Vote on opinion |
July 11, 2017 | CULT | Vote on opinion |
July 12 or 13, 2017 | JURI | Debate of report amendments |
September 7, 2017 | JURI | Debate of compromise amendments |
October 9 or 10, 2017 | JURI | Vote on report |
Winter 2017? | EU Parliament Plenary | Vote on report |
- to support and vote favourably on those amendments that widen the scope of the TDM exception. Everyone that has legal access to texts and data should be allowed to mine those texts and data. The right to read is the right to mine. EC wants to allow only research centres to do TDM, and only for non commercial purposes, prohibiting startups, public entities, cultural heritage institutions, journalists and citizens to do it;
- to support and vote favourably on those amendments related with technological measures. Technological measures (DRM) kill your right to exercise copyright exceptions in education, scientific research, cultural heritage, etc. We need to change this and now there’s an opportunity: if those amendments are approved, technological measures will never stop citizens from exercising the exceptions again in Europe. The best part is those amendments do not change the rightholder’s rights, they will have exactly the same rights, they can still use technological measures (DRM) in their works and DRM will still be protected by law;
- to support and vote favourably on those amendments that extend the copyright exception for education and reject a licensing system and levies, that educational entities cannot afford;
- to support and vote favourably on those amendments that reject article 11º (publishers’ rights). EC wants to create a new 20 years related right to be given to news’ publishers, endangering the sharing of links with snippets or a title to a new’s article. A similar law didn’t work in Germany and was disastrous in Spain. It is also an abject limitation on freedom of expression and access to information and independent academics unanimously oppose to extra copyright for news sites;
- to supportand vote favourably on those amendments that reject article 13º (upload filters). If EC’s proposal is approved, Internet platforms hosting user-uploaded content must monitor those uploads. This will apply to large platforms, like YouTube, but also to other platforms like Universities’ scientific research repositories. The Court of Justice of the European Union already ruled that mandatory filtering was not acceptable and an independent study shows this article is incompatible with European law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. Also, this monitoring would be done through automatic filters that are blind to copyright exceptions.
- to support and vote favourably on those amendments that create a new exception for user generated content;
- to support and vote favourably on those amendments that harmonise the panorama exception.
Last Friday, the European People’s Party (EPP), the party with more MEPs (and votes) in the European Parliament, adopted a position on EC proposal that, if approved, will take Europe to the dark ages.
The @EPPGroup adopted a position on #Copyright. If new rapporteur @AxelVossMdEP follows it, he’d have to ignore all academic evidence. pic.twitter.com/CVOCT3u9Cd
— Julia Reda (@Senficon) July 6, 2017
We all need to contact our representative MEPs!
The contacts of MEPs can be found in the EP’s page. The most important vote is JURI Committee vote, so if you don’t have time to contact all your representatives, you should prioritise JURI’s. Check your country below to see how to contact your representatives:
If you are from Czech Republic, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Pavel SVOBODA
Email: pavel.svoboda [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45303
Jiří MAŠTÁLKA
Email: jiri.mastalka [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45905
If you are from Poland, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Lidia Joanna GERINGER de OEDENBERG
Email: lidiajoanna.geringerdeoedenberg [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45809
Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
Email: tadeusz.zwiefka [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45258
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI
Email: kosma.zlotowski [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45775
Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
Email: stanislawjozef.zoltek [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: ++32(0)2 28 45603
If you are from France, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Jean-Marie CAVADA
Email: jean-marie.cavada [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45367
Joëlle BERGERON
Email: joelle.bergeron [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45295
Marie-Christine BOUTONNET
Email: marie-christine.boutonnet [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45602
Gilles LEBRETON
Email: gilles.lebreton [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45817
Pascal DURAND
Email: pascal.durand [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45161
Constance LE GRIP
Email: constance.legrip [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45120
Virginie ROZIÈRE
Email: virginie.roziere [at] europarl [dot] europa [dot] eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45408
If you are from Italy, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Laura FERRARA
Email: laura.ferrara [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45410
Enrico GASBARRA
Email: enrico.gasbarra [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45410
Isabella ADINOLFI
Email: isabella.adinolfi [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45714
Mario BORGHEZIO
Email: mario.borghezio [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45704
Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI
Email: sergio.cofferati [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45513
Stefano MAULLU
Email: stefano.maullu [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45219
If you are from Luxembourg, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Mady DELVAUX
Email: smady.delvaux-stehres [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45136
If you are from Sweden, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Max ANDERSSON
Email: max.andersson [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45457
Jytte GUTELAND
Email: jytte.guteland [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45694
If you are from Greece, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Kostas CHRYSOGONOS
Email: kostas.chrysogonos [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45405
If you are from Ireland, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Brian CROWLEY
Email: briancrowleymep [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45751
If you are from Spain, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT
Email: rosa.estaras [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45163
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL
Email: luis.degrandespascual [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45512
If you are from United Kingdom, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Mary HONEYBALL
Email: mary.honeyball [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45209
Sajjad KARIM
Email: sajjad.karim [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45640
Jane COLLINS
Email: jane.collins [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45104
If you are from Germany, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
Email: sylvia-yvonne.kaufmann [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45788
Julia REDA
Email: julia.reda [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45732
Axel VOSS
Email: axel.voss [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45302
Evelyne GEBHARDT
Email: evelyne.gebhardt [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45466
Angelika NIEBLER
Email: angelika.niebler [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32 (0) 2 28 45390
Rainer WIELAND
Email: rainer.wieland [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 47545
Tiemo WÖLKEN
Email: tiemo.woelken [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45431
If you are from Portugal, you should contact (change [at] for @):
António MARINHO E PINTO
Email: antonio.marinhoepinto [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45403
If you are from Bulgaria, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Emil RADEV
Email: aemil.radev [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45189
Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Email: aangel.dzhambazki [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45697
If you are from Austria, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Evelyn REGNER
Email: evelyn.regner [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45476
If you are from Hungary, you should contact (change [at] for @):
József SZÁJER
Email: jozsef.szajer [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45871
If you are from Romania, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Daniel BUDA
Email: daniel.buda [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45110
If you are from Lithuania, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Antanas GUOGA
Email: antanas.guoga [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45522
Viktor USPASKICH
Email: viktor.uspaskich [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45339
If you are from Finland, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Heidi HAUTALA
Email: heidi.hautala [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45518
If you are from Denmark, you should contact (change [at] for @):
Jens ROHDE
Email: jens.rohde [at] europarl.europa.eu
Brussels Office Phone: +32(0)2 28 45569
