Europe's creative industry has criticised the European Commission's consultation on new EU copyright rules for departing from the original directive agreed last year and being unworkable.
Under Article 17 of the directive, Google-owned YouTube, Facebook's Instagram and other sharing platforms will have to install filters to prevent users from uploading copyrighted materials. The Commission sought feedback from the online platforms and rights holders on how to apply Article 17, with the consultation ending on Thursday.
Sporting event organisers, TV and radio broadcasters, distributors, photo agencies, cinema operators and Telefonica were also among signatories to the letter. They complained that the proposals were incompatible with the original directive and unworkable.