How closely have you been following the events surrounding the EUCD?
I am following the debate to the best of my ability. Interested and open-minded, both in the news, newspapers, online articles and streams, such as that of Julia Reda in her conversation with Gameomat.
The individuals that have been fighting for User Rights?
Should the question be what I think about the individuals or whether I follow their work?
Let me try to answer like this: I think these individuals do a good and important job, as long as they are able to include the position of their opponents in their work, instead of always just constantly reflecting their own personal attitude.
The ones who seek to tighten said User Rights?
I think there are a lot of different interest groups in this debate. Just what I have heard in the last few days, there are also clear shifts between what was originally intended and what is currently being discussed. Of course, it must be made clear that there are some very sensitive points where these different interest groups clearly contradict each other.
@CaptainXtra
Now, as much as I am fond of sympathising with the MEPs of the Pirate Party, once again only the political position of the Pirate Party has been clarified here, without commenting on the actual state of affairs.
The fear that upload filters mean so-called overblocking is simply not to be taken seriously. Those involved in these talks are well aware on both sides that there are major technical and legal difficulties that need to be resolved by the summer of next year.
To put it short: Article 17 is still not finished, the problem is well known, but we have to assume that this law will apply to the EU next year. And as we Europeans are, the law is then renegotiated afterwards, and perhaps amended later.