How the 1st EU copyright reform of the 21st century affects open-* in Europe

The first EU Copyright Reform of the new millennium is being finalised. It was supposed to reduce contradictions between analog & territorial laws and the digital & global Internet. Some improvements, notably text and data mining and the digitisation of cultural heritage, leading to opening up information and artwork to the general public can be hoped for. However, online platforms now face new obligations which incentivise them to become less open.

Art. 13 puts pressure on platforms to monitor and filter all content, including uploaded free and open-source software, for copyright infringement (Article 13). Art. 11 proposes a new 20-year license for news snippets and Art. 3 limits who can access datasets including open data. Any of these would be terrible outcomes. The EU lacks modernised copyright laws that work for everybody - let's require better copyright reform!