Copyright Directive: the fake confrontation between the two heads of information capitalism
Opinion piece originally published in French in Le Monde Idées on September 9, 2018.
For a quarter of a century, we have been watching the same bad movie, in which the cultural industries use the law to wage war on their audience. At issue this time is Article 13 of the Copyright Directive currently under review in Brussels, on which the European Parliament will vote on September 12.
In its current form, this provision requires digital platforms …