First of all, the CCIA which is representing the global tech firms constituting of Cloudflare, Facebook, and Google. They are warning the US government against their EU copyright reform plans which are spreading devastation. Article 13 is said to be the main culprit which can result in great economic consequences.
With this, even the digital economy of the U.S can be affected leaving the whole world in complete vain.
Hence, to let you know more about the Article 13 plans, let’s take a leap ahead and uncover some essential information.
Tech Giants Warning the Government of US Against Article 13
Under the current president era, the US people have worked really hard to bring the latest trade deals. Even the administration is working hard on the latest trade agreement directly with the EU. For this, the US representatives took the opinions from the public.
This very week, the CCIA (Computer and Communications Industry Association) which includes Cloudflare, Amazon, Facebook and Google sent their thoughts on the same.
In addition, the submission definitely contains warning against the EU’s submission of Article 13. This can lead to upload filtering
It’s no sort of a secret that this proposal is a hot topic for debate in the EU. However, the tech companies are warning the US government that it may affect the United States economy.
A Word of Mouth by CCCIA
“The proposed Copyright Directive disrupts settled law protecting intermediaries by weakening established protections from U.S. Internet services in the 2000 EU E-Commerce Directive, and by imposing an unworkable filtering mandate on hosting providers that would require automated ‘notice-and-stay-down’ for a wide variety of copyrighted works.”
“If adopted, the Directive would dramatically weaken these long-standing liability protections, which suggests that most modern service providers may be ineligible for its protections,” says the CCIA
On the other hand, the tech companies are saying that the EU officials have made a list of US Companies. After which, they are intending to target these proposals whereas the fear of upload filters is still present.
On the basis of the latest proposals, Article 13 will not levy a general requirement for monitoring. However, different Internet services must comply so that content is not pirated. All this is pretty hard without automatic filters for which the EU is looking at.
Further, the CCIA is pointing out towards points which the EU must take into consideration. It is still not clear whether the hosting providers will implement the schemes to remain safe.
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Final Word of Mouth: Tech Giants Warning the Government of US Against Article 13
As for now, the Tech companies are hoping that the US government will take these concerns into consideration. However, the final Article 13 is yet under the process of drafting whereas the trilogue meeting will take place this week.
From the CCIA, they are warning the US government to keep developments in mind. This can harm the US economy to some really good extents.
Finally, the argument is from one side whereas the US Trade representative is definitely giving a different image.
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