[Osmf-talk] Copyright in the Digital Single Market

[manfred]

Kathleen Lu, Jaak, *,

Thank you so much for trying to come back to my original questions.

On 13.09.2018 08:47, Jaak Laineste wrote:
>
> Can you do quick summary what is the issue or threat for OSM exactly 
> here, in layman's terms?
>
> I understand how Wikimedia as generic platform has their concerns, as 
> they may need to cite articles from traditional media etc. AFAIK OSM 
> has very "appropriate and proportionate " measures in place since the 
> beginning, just as required in the bill, to protect against illegal 
> upload of copyrighted content, which are illegal imports in our terms. 
> It is never bullet-proof, but I don't see any legal risk or trouble 
> here. Of course it could be me being ignorant or naive.

I hope to hit the bull's eye "in layman's terms ..."

The proposal to reform the EU copyright was originally suggested by 
Günther Oettinger a while ago when he was the EU Digital Commissioner. 
The EU’s controversial reform, that might introduce upload filters, 
ancillary copyright, and has only a very narrow exception for text and 
data mining, has passed a key hurdle after the majority of members of 
the EU parliament voted in favor of an only slightly changed proposal 
last Wednesday.

The new copyright law still needs parliamentary approval before becoming 
law. By passing the draft, the EU parliament opens negotiations with the 
European Council and the European Commission. If, as currently expected 
by the lawmakers, that this version of the law will be approved by all 
three EU bodies, it could be ready for a final vote by the end of the year.

If you would like to get closer to the matter, then I recommend you the 
page https://www.openstreetmap.de/uf/ ... [automatic 
translation](https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=EN&u=https://www.openstreetmap.de/uf/))

Imho -
When politicians act and it concerns us as a project, then the OSMF is 
called upon to act. The OSMF cannot then talk its way out of not making 
political statements.

For example, I would expect at least a press release to be published so 
that parliamentarians can see that Article 13 concerns OSM and that we 
do not agree at all with the current wording.

HTH

cheers

Manfred