After a hectic negotiation and several deferments, the European Parliament finally adopted on July 9 by a generous majority vote a non-binding resolution on the future of the EU copyright regime. The final compromise text is a considerable improvement of the initial proposal by MEP Julia Reda, the Pirate Party’s elected representative, which would have profoundly weakened the Union’s IP standards, set the EU at odds with the international legal framework and compromised its long-term ability to sustain its rich cultural diversity. Among her most controversial suggestions were making all exceptions and limitations mandatory, slashing the term of protection, introducing an open norm rule similar to “fair use” in the US, freeing hyperlinking from the exclusive right of communication to the public, new sweeping exceptions for libraries as well as for research and education and preventing the statutory compensation of right holders for exceptions and limitations.
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