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# Article 13 Falters, ‘Final’ Negotiations Postponed
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/article-13-falters-final-negotiations-postponed/
- Published: 2019-01-21T05:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-21T05:45:00.000Z
- Description: The Article 13 Copyright Directive, once promoted by record labels and derided by YouTube is on the brink. Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland have said they can not support. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/01/article-13-falters-final-negotiations-postponed.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Songwriting & Music Publishing, YouTube & Video, Article 13, copyright, EU, music, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:00

[![Copyright-blue-2_1](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad3d3b2ee200b-200wi "Copyright-blue-2_1")](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad3d3b2ee200b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The Article 13 Copyright Directive, once promoted by record labels and derided by YouTube is on the brink. Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland have said they can not support the latest draft and are blocking it from moving forward.A Monday meeting to finalize the proposal has been cancelled.

> BREAKING: Council has failed to find an agreement on its [#copyright](https://twitter.com/hashtag/copyright?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com) position today. This doesn’t mean that [#Article11](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Article11?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com) and [#Article13](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Article13?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com) are dead, but their adoption has just become a lot less likely. Let’s keep up the pressure now! [https://t.co/DEYBhuRyGz](https://t.co/DEYBhuRyGz?ref=hypebot.com) [#SaveYourInternet](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveYourInternet?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com)  
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> — Julia Reda (@Senficon) [January 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/Senficon/status/1086335378141966336?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com)

Late last week a coalition of music industry trade group joined film, TV and sports organizations in c[alling on the EU](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5688826-17-Jan-2019-European-Creatives-and-Rightsholders.html?ref=hypebot.com) to adopt Article 13 as originally prorposed, rather than a proposed watered version.