Not all copyright holders are pleased with the current text either, as they believe it doesn’t go far enough. While there is still a long way to go before the DSA is approved by the EU Parliament, it has certainly moved a step closer. These and other concerns didn’t stop the JURI Committee from voting in favor of the draft proposal.
First-class treatment for sources and notifications of non-independent authorities or commercial entities should be rejected,” their letter reads. “Platforms should not be forced to apply one set of rules to ordinary users and a more permissive set of rules to influencer accounts and politicians. At the same time, it will allow “trusted flaggers” to get preferential treatment in the takedown process.Įarlier this week, several civil society groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, warned Members of Parliament against this “trusted flagged” system, which they deem as unfair. The DSA also introduces strict takedown deadlines for other ‘illegal’ content, which has to be removed within 72 hours. The opposition included Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, who was one of the ten members who voted against the speedy takedown proposal, as Breyer himself highlighted on Twitter. This included the introduction of a speedy takedown process for pirated live streams, which should be taken down within 30-minutes. The voting process on individual proposals was preceded by a lively debate with quite a bit of pushback, mainly from the Greens/EFA and S&D groups. Various changes were proposed by EU parliament groups as well, which eventually resulted in a compromise proposal that was adopted today by the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).
Over the past months, various stakeholders have lobbied lawmakers for improvements. Copyright holders believe that it doesn’t go far enough, while others warn that the proposal will lead to more upload filters, restricting people’s freedom of speech. When it comes to the DSA, neither ‘side’ is completely satisfied with the proposed legislation. This includes the Copyright Directive which passed in 2019 as well as the Digital Services Act, which was officially unveiled last December. In recent years the European Commission has proposed and adopted various legislative changes to help combat online piracy.
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