https://communia-association.org/2020/10/02/article-17-guidance-dont-shoot-messenger-ne-pas-tirer-sur-le-messager/ Website of the COMMUNIA Association for the Public Domain Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://communia-association.org/2020/10/02/article-17-guidance-dont-shoot-messenger-ne-pas-tirer-sur-le-messager/#comment-66747 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:57:57 +0000 https://communia-association.org/?p=4965#comment-66747 […] approaches have been criticised by rightholders, who claim that they undermine the “original objective of the directive” without providing alternative proposals on how automated filtering can be reconciled with the […]

]]> https://communia-association.org/2020/10/02/article-17-guidance-dont-shoot-messenger-ne-pas-tirer-sur-le-messager/#comment-66731 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:31:11 +0000 https://communia-association.org/?p=4965#comment-66731 […] As we have reported earlier this week, the French government has made it clear that it is not interested in implementing any additional user rights safeguards. This is reflected in its approach to implementing Article 17 into national law. After having presented an initial proposal for an implementation law in December 2019 – one that also omitted most of the user rights safeguards contained in the final version of Article 17 – the French government changed its approach. In the face of possible delays because of the COVID-19 emergency, the French government added provisions to the law “DDADUE” that would authorise it to implement the provisions of the new copyright directive by decree (and without further parliamentary discussion). This so-called “DDADUE” law was approved by the Senate in July of this year and yesterday the Assemblee Nationale approved it as well. Once signed into law by the President, the government will have six months to implement the provisions of Article 17 into the French intellectual property law.  […]

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