A centre-left British MEP involved in the EU institutional negotiations over a reformed copyright bill said on Monday (21 January) that the text as it stands could still lead to a ban on memes.
Memes are creative expressions - for example text, photo or video - that are often used as online jokes, and are popular among younger generations.
Since the reformed EU rules on copyright were proposed in September 2016, one of the biggest fears from the internet community was that the wor...
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