Originally shared by Miguel Afonso Caetano"The main finding of my report is that the goal of establishing common rules for dealing with protected works online has not been achieved in practice. There are two main problems with the directive: One concerns the territoriality of rights on the Internet. The other concerns the fact that rights of rightholders have been made mandatory for all states, but rights of the public remain optional. As I will show, this renders them meaningless on the Internet.
We have a rich European culture that I want to protect and promote. This culture is not confined to national borders – that is why the EU is more than just a big market place, it is a Union of culture and values. It is one of our greatest achievements that borders have been reduced in the EU – but paradoxically on the Internet, the medium that is designed to be borderless, they persist."
We have a rich European culture that I want to protect and promote. This culture is not confined to national borders – that is why the EU is more than just a big market place, it is a Union of culture and values. It is one of our greatest achievements that borders have been reduced in the EU – but paradoxically on the Internet, the medium that is designed to be borderless, they persist."
Julia Reda – European culture is not confined to national borders – let’s not use copyright to force it to be