Proposed new European regulations seek to place an unprecedented onus on online platforms to detect copyright infringements.

The move comes as part of wider consultations on the EU’s Digital Single Market strategy.

What is being proposed?

Article 13 of the proposed directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market addresses the use of protected content by online services. Should the regulations go ahead, online service providers, which host and make large amounts of user-uploaded work available, will have greater responsibility for monitoring and filtering this content. This would affect ISPs, social media sites, and other hosting and sharing platforms. Read more