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Closed-door copyright meetings ‘taint’ EU transparency, MEPs warn
European Commission officials should not be "influenced behind closed doors" during private meetings with MEPs on the implementation of the copyright directive, says a letter penned by a cross-section of EU Parliamentarians.
Commission and Parliament in ‘secret talks’ on EU copyright directive
High-ranking representatives of the European Commission's DG Connect will brief EU lawmakers as part of an 'in camera' meeting on Friday (12 February), after a contingent of parliament members wrote to the EU executive to voice their concerns on guidance issued for the EU's copyright directive.
EU civil society says Commission’s copyright guidance violates ‘fundamental rights’
A group of EU civil society organisations has written to the European Commission's Internal Market chief Thierry Breton, highlighting 'grave fundamental rights concerns' related to the Commission's draft guidance on the application of the copyright directive.
Copyright directive ‘not in danger’ EU says, following Google backlash
The European Commission has assured those involved that the EU's controversial copyright directive is "not in danger," following Google's announcement that it will avoid renumerating content creators by implementing technical changes to the way it displays news online.
Google is like a ‘digital dictatorship’, says EU copyright rapporteur
In an interview with EURACTIV'S media partner EuroEFE, German MEP Axel Voss, rapporteur for the controversial European "copyright" directive, defends the need to combat monopolies on the Internet, including that of the US giant Google.