Books Escape EUDR Enforcement - Publishers Weekly

Imagine a world without paper books to read.

On his way home Panzer stopped at the Publishers Weekly site. There he found a post about the European Union Parliament..

 

According to Jim Milliot's post, the EU Parliament exempt books from the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

 

Panzer says, "You'll want to read the post to see what else is exempt."

 

Note: This is a short post. You won't need any snacks.

 

To read the post tootle over to EUDR Enforcement 

European Publishers Welcome Parliment's 'AI Act' Draft Approval - Publishers Perspectives

Finally home.

On his way home Panzer made a quick stop at the Publishing Perspectives site. With no digging at all he found a post about AI.

According to Porter Anderson's post, the European Parliament has approved a draft with rules to standardize the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The post is divided into two sections. The first section deals with AI's use of copyrighted material and the transparency of that use. The second section deals with other known uses of AI. This is a draft and not a final proposal.

Panzer says, "There's a lot to read and understand in the post."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and a large muffin for your reading.

To read the post tootle over to European Parliament's AI Act draft

Publishers, Booksellers Cheer Europes Digital Markets Act - Publishing Perspectives

As Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere, he decided to make a stop at the Publishing Perspectives site. With a little digging in the posts, he found one about the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA).

 

I don't understand.

According to Porter Anderson's post, the European Parliament has passed the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. Both Acts are against practices which European publishers and booksellers accuse Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft of doing. Both Acts go into effect in 2023.

 

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty doesn't understand how these Acts work. Does it mean, if your company does business in the EU, you have to give preferential treatment to EU publishers and booksellers to the detriment of outside the EU publishers and booksellers? I thought they didn't want the companies to give preferential treatment anymore."

 

Note: This is a very, very long post. Bring a huge cup of tea, two muffins and a jelly roll for today's reading.

 

To read the post tootle over to Europe's Digital Markets Actal

European Union Copyright Directive Gets Final Green Light - Publishing Perspectives

Panzer was taking a well-deserved nap when he was shaken from his kitty bed by a hullabaloo of noise coming from the Catosphere. Jumping into the Panzermobile he followed the noise to the Publishing Perspectives site. There with no digging at all he found a post about the EU's copyright directive.

Post author Porter Anderson says the European Union (EU) Council has passed the Copyright Directive. The voting members were not in total agreement however. Nineteen of the EU member-states voted to pass the Directive, six voted against it and three abstained. Panzer told you about the EU Parliament vote on March 25 which passed the Directive and moved it on for the Council vote. There are links included in the post for more information concerning the Directive.

I have watch where I step from now on.

Panzer says, "With the new rules in place this little kitty will have to be very careful about publishing news from EU countries."

Note: This is a l-o-n-g post. Bring a thermos of tea and a half dozen frosted chocolate muffins.

To read the post tootle over to European Union copyright directive

To read Panzer's earlier post about the Copyright Directive tootle over to European Parliament

Interview: Jessica Sanger on Weighing the EU's Copyright Directive After Trilogue - Publishing Perspective

Today Panzer made a trip to the Publishing Perspectives site. There with no digging at all our traveling kitty pilot found a post about the European copyright directive.

According to Porter Anderson, the Council of the European Union voted on February 20 and approved the current version of the copyright directive. The directive will now move on to the European Parliament which will vote on the matter on February 26. Some of the major rules covered by the directive are explained in the post. There are also links to more information included in the first section. The second section of the post is an interview with Jessica Sanger in which she explains various portions of the directive.

Let's see what happens after Feb. 26.

Panzer says, "This little kitty is still confused about if he can have links to European posts after (if) the directive is passed."

Note: This is a long h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a gallon of cocoa and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, bring a half gallon of tea and three more muffins.

To read the post tootle over to EU's copyright directive

EU is voting on 'dysfunctional' copyright proposal October 10 - TNW

Mom says I'll be better soon.

Panzer thought you might like to read some interesting news he discovered earlier this week before he got too sick to travel.

On a trip into the Catosphere our kitty boy stopped in at The Next Web (TNW) site. There he found a post about the European Union's (EU) proposal to make changes to the copyright law.

The post by Mar Masson Maack extensively quotes and uses information provided by Mozilla executive Raegan MacDonald. According to the post the copyright proposal would make open platforms responsible for what users post. This means platforms would have to filter and monitor every user's posts and uploads, or run the risk of being sued. Another portion of the copyright proposal would prohibit the use of a headline and quotes from a news site without a license from the publisher. Included at the end of the post is a link to Mozilla's "Call Tool" to contact the European Parliament.

Panzer says, "If this proposal passes, this little kitty wouldn't have as much information and news from EU countries for you."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. There are several links to other posts and sites included in the post. Bring a thermos of tea, a dozen cookies, half dozen muffins and a sleeping bag for a nap in the middle for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to EU's copyright reform

Under pressure from national governments, Commission lowers VAT rates for ebooks - EurActiv.com

I am so tired after that trip.

Today Panzer made a l-o-n-g trip in the Catosphere. Our adventurous kitty traveled all the way to the EurActiv.com site. There he found a post about the EU VAT on ebooks.

According to the post by Catherine Stupp, the European Commission has proposed to allow ebooks and online newspapers and news services to be sold with the same 7.6 percent VAT rate as paper books and paper newspapers. EU countries can accept the new VAT rate proposal or not as they determine. The proposal will not become effective until Members of the European Parliament and the respective national governments agree to it.

Panzer says, "Maybe EU ebook sales will  get better since the Commission is getting rid of the 19.9 percent VAT on ebooks."

Note: This is a l-o-n-g post. Bring a cup of tea and one-and-a-half muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Vat rates