EU lawmakers have endorsed an overhaul of the bloc's 2-decade old copyright rules, which will force Google and Facebook to pay publishers for use of news snippets and make them filter out protected content.
Demonstrators gather in favor of the new copyright directive ahead of the vote at the European Parliament on March 26, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.E.U. lawmakers have endorsed an overhaul of the bloc's two-decade old copyright rules, which will force Google and Facebook to pay publishers for use of news snippets and make them filter out protected content.
The European Parliament backed the reforms by 348 votes to 274 on Tuesday after a debate that has pitted Europe's creative industry against tech companies, internet activists and consumer groups concerned that the new rules may be too costly and block too much content. The European Commission began reviewing the rules two years ago in a bid to protect an industry that is worth 915 billion euros a year, accounting for 11.7 million jobs and 6.8 percent of the E.U. economy.
Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session during a plenary session on March 26, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France.The Commission's digital chief for Europe Andrus Ansip welcomed the outcome, saying the reforms would improve the position of writers, journalists, singers, musicians and actors in relation to the big platforms that benefited from their content.
"Today's vote ensures the right balance between the interests of all players – users, creators, authors, press – while putting in place proportionate obligations on online platforms," he said in a statement."Consumers will have to bear the consequences of this decision. Their concerns had been voiced loud and clearly but MEPs chose to ignore them," BEUC director general Monique Goyens said.
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