Please find below some excellent resources and articles for additional depth, for an overview of interesting quotes from various stakeholders in the debate see our statements page.
- Article by BBC News: ‘Copyright law could put an end to net memes’ (8 June 2018)
- Article by Marius François in Le Figaro: ‘Un projet de loi européen pourrait menacer les mèmes sur Internet’ (in French – 8 June 2018)
- Article by Glyn Moody in Arstechnica: ‘Illegal memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the proposed EU copyright overhaul’ (12 June 2018)
- Article by Mike Masnick in Techdirt: ‘Ending The Memes: EU Copyright Directive Is No Laughing Matter’ (12 June 2018)
- Article by Pablo Romero in Publico: ‘Alerta: Europa puede cargarse la Wikipedia y los memes con sus normas sobre ‘copyright” (in Spanish – 12 June 2018)
- Article by Elsa Trujillo on BFMtv: ‘Pourquoi les mèmes sur Internet sont en danger’ (in French – 11 June 2018)
- Article by Jochen G. Fuchs on t3n news: ‘ Vergesst die DSGVO: Das Netz verliert gerade seine Informationsfreiheit’ (in German – 11 June 2018)
- Article by Sky News: ‘Memes ‘will be banned’ under new EU copyright law, warn campaigners’ (8 June 2018)
- Article by Mollie Cahillane in Daily Mail: ‘Could this be the end of memes? EU’s proposed rules on copyright could kill off user-generated content, critics warn’ (8 June 2018)
- Article by Futurezone Technology News: ‘Neues Urheberrecht könnte Aus für Memes bedeuten’ (in German – 8 June 2018)
- Article by Emanuel Karlsten in Göteborgs-Posten: ‘Karlsten: En av vår generations största politiska ödesfrågor’ (in Swedish – 8 June 2018)
- Article by Glyn Moody on BoingBoing: ‘ Of Dog’s Breakfasts, Article 13, and Mythbusting’ (7 June 2018)
- Article by Jonathan Greig on TechRepublic: ‘EU copyright reform proposal: 3 things businesses need to know’ (8 June 2018)
- Blog Post by MEP Julia Reda (Germany, Greens/EFA, Shadow Rapporteur on the file) on How you can #SaveYourInternet from Article 13 and the “Link Tax” in the next 14 days (6 June 2018)
- Heise news article on the copyright reform (in German)
- Next Inpact news article on Article 13 (in French and partially behind a paywall)
- Torrentfreak article ‘Judgment Day Nears for EU’s ‘Piracy Filters’ by Ernesto Van der Sar (4 June 2018)
- Article by Thomas McMullan on Alphr: Article 13 could “destroy the internet as we know it”: What is it, why is it controversial and what will it mean for memes?
- Communia blog: Article 13 in 3 flowcharts
- Mozilla’s ChangeCopyright list of resources
- European Digital Rights EDRi’s copyright reform document pool
- Vox Scientia’s Censorship Machine 1-min, 10-min, 1-hour briefing pages
- Edima (trade association of tech companies) infographic on services likely to be affected by Article 13 (note: some versions of the text of Article 13 include partial carve-outs for code sharing platforms, online encyclopedia, online retail platforms and (B2C) cloud services but these are not without loopholes)