Lots of you have questions about what Article 13 could mean for your livelihood as creators. We're going to try to answer them here! Don't see your question answered? Ask us below #SaveYourInternet
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Q: What is Article 13? A: Article 13 is part of a proposed European Union (EU) copyright legislation created with the intent to better protect creativity and find effective ways for copyright holders to protect their content online.
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Q: Does YouTube support Article 13? A: We support its goals to help creators & artists succeed; we want better ways for copyright holders to protect their content. But Article 13, as written by the European Parliament, will create unintended consequences, so we want better way.
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Q: What’s the status of Article 13? A: On 9/12 the European Parliament voted to move forward w/Article 13. However it's not yet law. This language could be finalized by the end of the year, and EU member states may have up to two years to make the directive into national law.
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Q: What changes with Article 13? A: Proposed version of Article 13 would eliminate the existing notice-and-takedown system currently in place to protect rightsholders and platforms. This would make platforms liable - at the moment of upload - for any copyright infringement.
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Q: What would be the impact if the European Parliament version of Article 13 passes? A: The risks associated w/accepting content uploads w/partial or disputed copyright information would be far too large for platforms such as YouTube.
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Q: Wait, what would w be the impact if the European Parliament version of Article 13 passes? A:YouTube would be forced to block millions of videos (existing and new ones) in the European Union. It could drastically limit the content that one can upload to the platform in Europe.
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Q: How would creators be impacted if the European Parliament version of Article 13 passes? A: Creators would be especially hard hit. Videos that could be blocked include: educational videos, large number of official music videos, fan music covers, mashups, parodies and more.
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Replying to @YTCreators
If you get a claim, Would it only be that one video that gets blocked or would it be all videos inside the UK?
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Thanks for reaching out. Our Help Center article on copyright strike basics would give you more insight on it: https://goo.gl/fmfsnj . Hope this helps clarify things for you.
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