IGF 2021 Lightning Talk #79 Legalize File Sharing! The Case of European Citizen Initiative "Freedom to Share"

Time
Thursday, 9th December, 2021 (11:00 UTC) - Thursday, 9th December, 2021 (11:30 UTC)
Room
Ballroom C

Pirate Parties International
Gregory Engels, Freedom to Share ECI, Civil Society, WEOG Bailey Lamon, Pirate Parties International, Civil Society, WEOG

Speakers

Gregory Engels, Freedom to Share ECI, Civil Society, WEOG

Onsite Moderator
Gregory Engels
Online Moderator

Bailey Lamon

Rapporteur

Gregory Engels

Format

Presentation with Q&A

Duration (minutes)
20
Language

English

Description

The European Citizen Initiative Freedom to Share is set out to collect one million signatures throughout the European Union with the proposal that, if implemented, would allow sharing of files containing works protected by copyright and related rights, and introducing mechanisms to remunerate the creators of such works fairly. The consequences of such implementation would be numerous, including making the "upload filters" obsolete and probably even illegal, as nothing would be left to filter.

The Q&A will follow the brief presentation - all participants, online and offline can ask questions. If there is a large number of questions, an AMA-style (online only) event will be added.

Key Takeaways (* deadline 2 hours after session)

There is ongoing discussion on how to compensate the creative authors and rightsholders for correcting the imbalance between the copyright holders and users.

Call to Action (* deadline 2 hours after session)

sign the freesharing.eu ECI

organizations should join the support network to promote the ECI legal instrument