{"id":8256,"date":"2018-07-05T09:42:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T09:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?p=8256"},"modified":"2018-07-06T09:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T09:48:15","slug":"green-mep-welcomes-parliaments-decision-to-send-new-eu-copyright-rules-back-to-the-drawing-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2018\/07\/05\/green-mep-welcomes-parliaments-decision-to-send-new-eu-copyright-rules-back-to-the-drawing-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Green MEP welcomes Parliament&#8217;s decision to send new EU copyright rules &#8220;back to the drawing board&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5 July 2018<\/p>\n<p>Today MEPs voted by a margin of 318-278 against a controversial new set of copyright rules, which would have seen the introduction of a &#8216;link tax&#8217; and automatic upload filters.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals will now be reconsidered and debated in Parliament, before MEPs have another chance to vote on the updated model in September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean Lambert, London&#8217;s Green MEP<\/strong>, said:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m pleased that the European Parliament rejected an overhaul of EU copyright law that threatened to stifle a free and open internet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This decision means that MEPs will now have a chance to go back to the drawing board, address citizens&#8217; concerns, and come up with an improved model \u2013 one which strikes a balance between protecting those who create online content, and the freedom of the internet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/en\/article\/press\/free-internet-still-possible-as-european-parliament-votes-for-more-scrutiny-over-copyright-bill\/\">Read the Greens\/EFA group&#8217;s press release on the decision here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 July 2018 Today MEPs voted by a margin of 318-278 against a controversial new set of copyright rules, which would have seen the introduction of a &#8216;link tax&#8217; and automatic upload filters. 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