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Article 11 of the EU Copyright Directive (link tax)

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ratty redemption:
interesting, keep us updated please.

kat:
Article 11 as amended and passed - content marked below in bold and underlined indicate amendments to the original text (full text/source);


--- Quote ---Art. 11
Protection of press publications concerning digital uses

1. Member States shall provide publishers of press publications with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC so that they may obtain fair and proportionate remuneration for the digital use of their press publications by information society service providers.

1a. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall not prevent legitimate private and non-commercial use of press publications by individual users.

2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1shall leave intact and shall in no way affect any rights provided for in Union law to authors and other rightholders, in respect of the works and other subject-matter incorporated in a press publication. Such rights may not be invoked against those authors and other rightholders and, in particular, may not deprive them of their right to exploit their works and other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated.

2a. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall not extend to acts of hyperlinking.

3. Articles 5 to 8 of Directive 2001/29/EC and Directive 2012/28/EU shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the rights referred to in paragraph 1.

4. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall expire 5 20 years after the publication of the press publication. This term shall be calculated from the first day of January of the year following the date of publication. The right referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply with retroactive effect.

4a. Member States shall ensure that authors, receive an appropriate share of the additional revenues press publishers receive for the use of a press publication by information society service providers. [source]
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ratty redemption:
can you summarize that for us? i'm not very good at reading legal jargon.

kat:
Yes, once the thoughts have formulated after the text has been through the EU Bureaucrat 2 Normie translator, its a little over-worked right now ;o).

ratty redemption:
ok, he he. same goes for the article 13 please.

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