There were no surprises at the workshop organised on 7 December on the related law for press publishers. Two British experts behind the study commissioned by the MEPs argued vociferously against such a law, while two other experts, one from Germany and the other from France, defended this law. The rapporteur, Axel Voss (EPP, Germany), argued in favour of the law.
It should be recalled that in September 2016, the European Commission proposed to revise the Community rules on copyright in an...