European copyright changes fail to get through parliament
The European Parliament has voted against proposals to begin talks to update copyright laws for the digital age, with the parliament's plenary voting 318-278, with 31 abstentions, overnight to reject the negotiating mandate that had been proposed by its legal affairs committee on 20 June.
Google, Facebook to be excluded from safe harbour provisions: report
Legislation to make changes in safe harbour copyright provisions will be introduced in the Australian parliament today, but Google, Facebook and some local start-ups will be excluded.