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24 October 2018Copyright

EFF warns of ‘ill-considered’ copyright provisions

Articles 11 and 13 of the recently-passed copyright directive are “ill-considered and should not be EU law”, according to a letter shared by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) yesterday.

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