Over a year ago, many people demonstrated against Article 13
Picture: picture alliance / Christoph Soeder / dpa
When implementing the new European copyright law
In Germany, platforms like YouTube are said to be largely without the
controversial upload filter. The youngest sees that
Draft law from the Federal Ministry of Justice.
“We flesh out the guidelines and add new, innovative ones
Elements added, “said Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht
(SPD) in Berlin. “This will make upload filters widely
superfluous. “One also becomes the danger of” overblocking “, that is
excessive blocking of content.
The copyright reform aims to protect copyright law
Customize digital age
Over a year ago, many people demonstrated against Article 13
Picture: picture alliance / Christoph Soeder / dpa
The European Copyright Directive was over a year ago
has been passed and must now be implemented in national law
become. The copyright reform is supposed to remove the outdated copyright law
digital age adapt and creators for their content on the net
secure better remuneration.
The farewell was more violent
Preceded by protest, mostly from young people. Controversial
were mainly Article 13 (in the final text Article 17) and the
Upload filter. These are programs that are protected
Recognize and sort out content as soon as it is uploaded. Before the
crucial vote of the European Parliament went tens of thousands
against the project on the street, they could deal with their
But not enforce ideas.
The CDU, CSU and SPD still had upload filters in the 2018 coalition agreement
rejected as “disproportionate”, but then at the EU level
Directive not in the way. In the protocol to the directive
However, it has already been stated that the aim must be to use the instrument of
Make upload filter “largely unnecessary”.
Strengthen the rights of the creative
The draft Ministry of Justice now provides that users
expressly given permission to protected content
parody or imitate the opinion, art and
To maintain freedom of communication. Are uploaded content as
Caricature, parody or pastiche – so as an imitation –
marked, they should not be blocked.
The draft law also sees a trivial limit of 20 seconds of sound
or video, 1000 characters of text or the comparatively small
Data volume of 250 KB for photos and graphics. Here too
upload filters would be out of the question for non-commercial use.
At the same time, the Ministry of Justice wants the rights of creative people
strengthen and rights holders fair at the proceeds of the platforms
participate. For content that is exclusive to payment platforms
are to be marketed, but will be an unlicensed upload
User not tolerated.
“Here the platforms must be effective
Provide mechanisms to prevent such violations.
The ministry wants to help start-ups and micro platforms
annual sales of less than one million euros from the
Exempt obligations.
Those who use social networks can hardly avoid Facebook. The Bundeskartellamt wants to prevent the company from gaining its market power in collecting
exploited by data. Support comes from the Federal Court of Justice. You can read more about this in another news.