25 June - 1 July 2018 | 148 comments (148 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

We won!

Great success: Your protests have worked! The European Parliament has sent the copyright law back to the drawing board. All MEPs will get to vote on #uploadfilters and the #linktax September 10-13. Now let's keep up the pressure to make sure we #SaveYourInternet! pic.twitter.com/VwqAgH0Xs5
— Julia Reda (@Senficon) 5 juli 2018

Winning the procedural vote here is important and winning with a margin larger then abstantations, indicates that winning the actual vote in September is within reach.

by fjallstrom on Thu Jul 5th, 2018 at 11:27:50 AM EST
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Re: Europe (none / 0)

well done.
the EU is not dead.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jul 5th, 2018 at 01:47:37 PM EST
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Re: Europe (none / 1)

So every member of the Austrian contingent to the EP declared that they would vote against.

#Österreich #EU #Copyright Abstimmung zu #LSR und #Uploadfilter

ÖVP:
Becker +
Karas +
Mandl +
Rübig +
Schmidt +

SPÖ:
Freund -
Graswander-Hainz -
Kadenbach -
Regner -
Weidenholzer -

NEOS:
Mlinar n/a

Grüne:
Reimon -
Vana -
Waitz -

FPÖ:
Kappel o
Mayer o
Obermayr o
Vilimsky o pic.twitter.com/pCXANWfIO6
— (((Sonstwer))) (@Sonstwer) 5. Juli 2018

Surely some mistake??

by generic on Thu Jul 5th, 2018 at 02:08:24 PM EST
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Re: Europe (none / 1)

You mean the EPP and FPÖ lot declared one thing and voted another? Maybe they counted on nobody counting the votes.

Here is a list per EP-group on how everybody voted. The EPP has most yes-votes, then S&D. I think it looks like both a political divide and a French-German bloc.

by fjallstrom on Fri Jul 6th, 2018 at 03:35:39 PM EST
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Re: Europe (4.00 / 2)

Of course someone had already made graphics on both those aspects:

So France, Latvia and Roumania for, Sweden (100% against, guess they don't want the pirates back), Poland, Netherlands and Lithuania against. Germany split down the middle (so much for my impression of a Franco-German bloc). No obvious geographical factors, but clearly different voting patterns in different countries.

by fjallstrom on Fri Jul 6th, 2018 at 03:43:06 PM EST
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spin (none / 0)

AFP | EU Parliament rejects copyright law in win for US tech giants

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jul 5th, 2018 at 05:31:24 PM EST
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Re: spin (none / 0)

This law has always been spinned as "the [European] creators" vs. "the [US] GAFA".

by Bernard (bernard) on Fri Jul 6th, 2018 at 08:03:22 PM EST
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Re: spin (none / 1)

That's odd.

The article leaves this reader with the distinct impression that moral conflict is best titled France vs. "the [US] GAFA". France being manifest in the principles of droite de suite and popularity of the last four presidents of the republic.

Accordingly, a small majority of MEPs voting against French designs ("European creators"), rather than against GOOG, FB (instagram, whatsapp), TWTR, AAPL exploitation, seems the more plausible explanation for recommitting the vote on the "reform" package.

Not more plausible than reluctance to tax GOOG, FB (instagram, whatsapp), TWTR, AAPL, but more plausible than any will ostensibly to protect the freedom of GOOG, FB (instagram, whatsapp), TWTR, AAPL paid syndicates to copy "art works." Or defend the most vexing question, What does 'Web culture' Express?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Jul 7th, 2018 at 03:16:56 PM EST
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