[La Quadrature du Net, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] Yesterday, MEP Julia Reda presented in the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament a report on the harmonization of copyright in Europe.

The European Parliament has rejected proposals to place copyright restrictions on photos of public places. The proposals would have forced members of the public to secure permission from architects or ...

Julia Reda of the Pirate Party warns that the law does not protect creators, but large interest groups. Internet platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter will ...

European copyright laws are too fragmented and ill-suited to online usage today: Legislators drafting new rules should limit copyright terms; allow unrestricted hypertext linking; exempt public-sector ...

MEPs have watered down the report by Pirate Party member Julia Reda on copyright reform, refusing to accept the harmonisation of exceptions and asking the Commission to rethink the question of ...

Back in 2014, the European Commission paid the Dutch consulting firm Ecorys 360,000 euros (about $428,000) to research the effect piracy had on sales of copyrighted content. The final report was ...

In 2013, the European Commission ordered a €360,000 ($430,000) study on how piracy affects sales of music, books, movies and games in the EU. However, it never ended up showing it to the public except ...

In late December, BKC fellow Julia Reda argued that the entertainment industry would likely start to lobby the U.S. legislature to cherry-pick elements of the new E.U. copyright directive in order to ...

The European Parliament has today endorsed controversial aspects of a new law that critics say could create a "link tax" and put an end to internet memes and parodies. Julia Reda, MEP for the European ...

The European Commission has been called out for failing to publish data indicating that piracy has little effect on legitimate content sales. Back in 2014, it paid Dutch consultancy Ecorys more than ...

From powerbrokers to troublemakers, here’s who you need to know in the European Parliament.

Open-letter of La Quadrature du Net to the members of the JURI committee of the European Parliament in support of the Reda Report on copyright reform. (Link, CC-BY-SA) On 23 and 24 March 2015, you ...