Tag: european parliament

EU Parliament’s own report says ditch the controversial link tax
Huge win for Internet users as expert research, commissioned by key parliamentary committee, says the link tax should go.

BREAKING: Leaked copyright proposal shows momentum building behind positive alternative to the Link Tax
Documents from the Council of the EU reveal that momentum is building among member states for an alternative to the deeply unpopular Link Tax

BREAKING: MEP Pascal Arimont’s all out attack on the right to link
The worst version of the EU copyright plan just got proposed. One MEP is rallying others to a plan for 50 years ownership of links and expansive censorship machines.

We need YOU to help us get the word out about link censorship
We’re launching a brand new campaign to make sure that European decision-makers know where Internet users stand on the Commission’s Link Tax and Censorship Robots. Help us get the word out!

MEPs standing up and saving the link
Not all decision-makers want to enforce link tax & anti-Internet proposals. Some are working hard in the EU to challenge the worst copyright rules in the world.

A Hitchhikers Guide to the Link Tax — delivering your message to MEPs
We’ve produced an official guide to the Link Tax, to ensure MEPs hear your voices before they start to examine the European Commission’s unpopular plan.

Delivering your voices against the #LinkTax to the European Parliament
On Thursday as part of our fight to defend the right to link, our free expression campaigner went to the European Parliament to deliver your voices

Delivering your voices at the European Parliament in Strasbourg
Yesterday as a part of our campaign to safeguard our right to link, we took your voices straight to European Parliament.

What the heck is ancillary copyright and why do we call it the Link Tax?
What the heck is ancillary copyright anyway? And why does it matter? And why do we keep calling it the link tax? All will be revealed within.

Your voice matters: why we worked to engage citizens on the European Commission’s platforms consultation
We submitted your comments to the EU Commission’s platforms consultation. Let’s hope they listen and protect our right to link. #SaveTheLink

Huge coalition of MEPs come out against ancillary copyright
83 MEPs have spoken out against ancillary copyright and Internet users stand with them.

The bad idea that just got worse: how today’s European #copyright plans will damage the Internet
This afternoon the European Commission released its copyright communication, intended to set the direction for copyright reform for the entire EU under the Digital Single Market strategy.

They’re back…and are trying to ambush us with an online ‘link tax’
Two weeks ago we celebrated a win at the European Parliament, where members of a powerful committee tasked with making decisions about how we share and collaborate online rejected proposals that would restrict our right to link.
Seeing the pro-Internet community stand up and take action together is always reaffirming–and in today’s global political climate where important decisions like this are often taken behind closed doors, a healthy level of engagement is something to celebrate in and of itself.
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