The EU’s controversial copyright reform is one instance of a larger shift
REMEMBER THE village from the Asterix stories? The popular comic books by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo centres on a small tribe of Gauls somewhere in northern France around 50BC, surrounded by Roman invaders and holding out nonetheless thanks to a magic potion endowing them with superhuman strength. That hold-out image rather sums up Europe’s self image today; at least in the eyes of some of its most powerful leaders.
Though it attracted an unusual degree of interest for a piece of EU legislation, the Copyright Directive ought not to be viewed in isolation. By purporting to protect artists from the side effects of new technology, it represents a typical example of what Emmanuel Macron, the French president and a supporter of the reform, calls “l’Europe qui protège”, or “the Europe that protects”.
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