EU Plan Under Discussion Regarding Web Links

EU Wants to Require Permission to Make a Link on the Web

Cory Doctorow | November 8, 2015

Digital commissioner Günther Oettinger (CDU – EPP) is joining with European Parliament president Martin Schulz (SPD – S&D) in pressing the European Commission to create a copyright interest in links, meaning that making a link to a Web-page that contains infringing material would expose you to liability for copyright infringement yourself.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2015/11/08/eu-wants-to-require-permission.html

<more at https://boingboing.net/2015/11/08/eu-wants-to-require-permission.html; related links: https://juliareda.eu/2015/11/ancillary-copyright-2-0-the-european-commission-is-preparing-a-frontal-attack-on-the-hyperlink/ (Ancillary Copyright 2.0: The European Commission is preparing a frontal attack on the hyperlink. November 6, 2015) and https://juliareda.eu/2014/12/european-copyright-lawyer-investment-plan-already-a-success-story/ (European Copyright Lawyer Investment Plan Already a Success Story. May 2015)>