| Key decision-makers in Europe have renewed their efforts to bring in the innovation-killing link tax (a.k.a. ancillary copyright).
Thanks to your outcry against the link tax, EU parliamentarians on the Digital Agenda Intergroup have offered me a meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France to deliver your comments on the link tax and intermediary liability so far, and to ensure your voice is on the record. This meeting is a can’t-miss opportunity to represent you directly to EU decision-makers and strengthen our links with influential allies in the European Parliament. https://act.openmedia.org/expression/donate?src=159492 We only have a few days to set this meeting up and get our petition on a train to Strasbourg. Please, Sylvia, sustain your Save the Link campaign with a gift today. https://act.openmedia.org/expression/donate?src=159492 If 100 community members join in with a $10 CAD (€6.82/£5.37) donation, we’ll be able to fund our trip to deliver your comments. If we raise more than that, we’ll dedicate it to building future actions, running our campaign pages and resources, and working with network partners to defend linking worldwide. What happens if we let copyright rules be extended to hyperlinks? Imagine big publishers charging business fees just for linking to their content, or news stories disappearing from search engine results and aggregator sites. As we’ve already seen in Spain, the link tax hurts journalists, hinders startups,1 and robs the public of crucial information. It stifles the open Internet in favour of protecting outdated publishing giants’ profits. If enough of us speak out loudly, we will stop the link tax together, but we have to act now. Please donate today to power an in-person petition delivery in Strasbourg next week, spread our message to more people, and support this campaign. https://act.openmedia.org/expression/donate?src=159492 Thanks for everything you do, Ruth, and all of us at OpenMedia P.S. I’ve recently joined the team full-time as our London-based Free Expression campaigner. If we can raise enough to send me to Strasbourg, this will be my first in-person petition delivery! I’m inspired and humbled to be able to represent thousands of you to EU parliamentarians 🙂 https://act.openmedia.org/expression/donate?src=159492 Footnotes |
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