{"id":127741,"date":"2020-01-27T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=127741"},"modified":"2020-01-28T15:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:05:01","slug":"industry-welcomes-eu-copyright-law-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/industry-welcomes-eu-copyright-law-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry welcomes EU Copyright Law update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Government\u2019s decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-51240785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not to implement the EU Copyright Directive<\/a> in light of the UK\u2019s upcoming departure from the EU has been welcomed by the CIPR and PRCA. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reforms, required to be implemented by EU member states by 7 June 2021, will see accountability for breaching copyright placed on companies that host the distribution of offending content \u2013 publishing companies, PR agencies, digital video networks and more. Negatives raised by those working in the media included the possible stalling of online engagement and the stifling of opinion on current events \u2013 the main tools of both journalism and public relations.<\/p>\n<p>The move away from implementing the EU Copyright Directive in the UK, judged \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.cipr.co.uk\/eu-copyright-vote-a-step-backwards-for-internet-freedom---cipr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a step backwards for internet freedom<\/a>\u2019 by the CIPR and a threat to \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/news.prca.org.uk\/eu-copyright-directive-threatens-the-core-principle-of-access-to-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the core principle of access to information<\/a>\u2019 by the PRCA, is a positive for the PR industry and the media at large.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Users of copyrighted content have an obligation to the right-holders but these reforms are not the answer\u2019, said CIPR CEO Alastair McCapra. \u2018They are disproportionate to the benefits they will derive, fail to solve the issues around copyright online while negatively impacting internet-based businesses and the way we all use the internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We welcome the Government&#8217;s decision on this matter and would now urge them to publish details of how the UK intends to manage digital copyright whilst protecting against piracy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Government\u2019s decision not to implement the Directive is a huge relief for communications professionals in the UK,\u2019 said PRCA head of communications Koray Camgoz. \u2018In its current form, the Directive threatens paralysis on creative businesses that rely on the freedom and democracy of information on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We will always fight the corner of PR professionals threatened by these draconian laws and will continue to campaign passionately against the Directive on behalf of our members in Europe.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full statements on the decision from the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.cipr.co.uk\/cipr-welcomes-government-decision-to-not-implement-eu-copyright-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIPR<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.prca.org.uk\/government-decision-to-ditch-eu-copyright-a-relief-for-uk-creatives-prca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PRCA<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/industry-associations-react-to-eu-copyright-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here for more<\/a> on the impact the EU Copyright Directive and Article 13 could have on how news is shared and reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s decision not to implement the EU Copyright Directive in light of the UK\u2019s upcoming departure from the EU is welcomed by the CIPR and PRCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":127746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7365,7272,1109],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127741"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127823,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127741\/revisions\/127823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}