Walking from Luxembourg to Brussels in two hours
Abstract
A little over a year ago, close to 200,000 people took to the streets to protest the European copyright reform. At the core of the controversy about the Copyright Directive lies Article 17, which makes certain online platforms directly liable for copyright infringements of their users. Protests have died down after the adoption of the directive, as Member States are engaged in the difficult task of transposing Article 17 into national law. It would be a mistake, however, to take this relative calm for an indication that the conflict has been resolved. While the implementation deadline for the Member States is coming closer, the conflicts have been taken to court.
