25 Prozent der Verlage stehen vor dem Ruin, wenn die Autoren das Geld zurückverlangen, das ihnen laut BGH-Urteil zusteht. Mit solchen Alarmmeldungen will der Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels die Abgeordneten zwingen, die jüngsten Gerichtsentscheidungen zu revidieren.
Lobbying around the EU Copyright Directive has been intense: big-budget tech platforms led by Google as well as tech industry trade associations on one side, historically important collecting societies, the creative industries and publishers on the other. The interests and opinions of citizens have become sidelined in the resulting turmoil.
Martin Kretschmer hält nichts von der EU-Reform. Doch der Professor für Urheberrecht sagt, dass Deutschland noch viel Spielraum hat - auch bei den Upload-Filtern, die so viele Menschen fürchten.
On 11 May, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a ‘Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse’ to replace the interim legislation that EDRi fought against last year. In our immediate reaction, EDRi warned that the new proposal creates major risks for the privacy, security and integrity of private communications, not just in the EU, but globally. Here, we unpack a bit more about the legislative proposal, and why we are so concerned.