Slides of my talk at the Colloque ‘Les Nouveaux Modes de Responsabilisation des Plateformes en Ligne’, held in Paris (France) on 9 November 2018

1. The New EU Copyright Directive
Towards a Greater Responsibilization of Online Platforms?
Le Nouveaux Modes de Responsabilisation des Plateformes en Ligne
Paris, 9 November 2018
Dr Eleonora Rosati
eleonora@e-lawnora.com
@eLAWnora

2. Contents
• Most controversial provisions
– (Article 11)
– Debate around Article 13
• Will it ‘kill the internet’?
• Myth and reality

3. Debate around Article 13

4. • Closing the ‘gap’
• The EU Commission’s proposal
• A ‘censorship machine’?
– E-commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31)
• Prohibition of general monitoring (Article 15)
• Safe harbours (Article 14)

5. Features of the value gap provision
• The Council and EU Parliament texts
• Core features
– Direct (primary) liability of platforms
– Licensing
– Filtering?
– Exclusions

6. Will it ‘kill the internet’?

11. Myth and reality
(1) The state of copyright law in
Europe
(2) Do platforms communicate to the
public?
(3) Filtering

12. (1) The state of copyright law in Europe
• Broad economic rights
– High level of protection
• Closed lists of exceptions and limitations
– Three-step test
– A level playing field?

13. (2) Do platforms communicate to the public?
• Right of communication to the public
– ‘Indispensible intervention’
• What platforms?
– Rogue platforms: The Pirate Bay (C-610/15, 2017)
– YouTube? (Referral from Germany, 2018 – in
progress)

18. (3) Filtering
• Article 15 E-commerce Directive
• CJEU case law
– Scarlet, C-70/10 and Netlog, C-360/10
– L’Oréal, C-324/09
– UPC Telekabel, C-314/12

19. Conclusion
Not a radical departure
A vision for EU copyright?
Risk of obsolescence?
National implementations

20. Thanks for your attention!
eleonora@e-lawnora.com
@eLAWnora