Art. 17 of the new Copyright Directive: What must rightholders and platforms do now?

Art. 17 (formerly Art. 13) of the new Copyright Directive resulted in a heated public debate, often reduced to the falsifying buzzwords “upload filter” and “internet censorship”, which in many aspects bypassed the issue. This article therefore analyses why the new regulation was necessary at all, which platforms are affected by the regulation, what effects… read more