Traditional media, along with film and music stars
including Paul McCartney, have lobbied hard for the reform that would force payment from web companies for reproducing or linking to copyrighted content.
In an interview, Siada El Ramly, the executive director of EDiMA, the association that defends the interests of online platforms in Brussels, told AFP that "it was a shame" that the debate was presented "as creators on the one hand and big tech on the other."
"That is not the case. You have artists on both sides with different opinions. There are so many voices involved," she said.
On paying news organisations for content, El Ramly said she fully agreed "that online platforms definitely have a role to play."
"That doesn't necessarily mean that a 'snippet tax', which puts the focus on the aggregation services, is the only way forward," she said.
The lobbyist was referring to Article 11 of the proposal under which news organisations would receive "fair and proportionate remuneration" for use of their stories by companies such as search engines displaying a "snippet" of online content.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-eu-copyright-war-shame-big.html#jCp
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