Perhaps the best thing about the now almost unbearably ugly debate about the planned EU copyright reform is that finally, an incalculable number of people are interested in EU policy. Therefore, I would like to spare you a summary of the last insults, slander and allegations of the policy advocates and opponents and instead play through what will happen on Tuesday in the European Parliament.

At lunchtime, in Strasbourg, the showdown will feature an upload filter and copyright for press publishers. Then the directive will be decided in plenary, rejected - or something in between. And depending on what happens, things continue differently afterwards.

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Demo against Article 13

1. Back to Los

The first step is an application for a vote rejecting the full draft of the directive. This is the scenario "Go back to Los": If this application receives a majority, the (next) European Commission would have to submit a new proposal if it wanted to modernize its copyright. The whole process would start again.

2. Copyright Doner with everything

If the proposal does not receive a majority, the compromise from the trilogue in its entirety is next to be voted on. If it comes through, the directive together with the articles 13 and 11 is as good as decided thing. It is true that the European Council, ie the member states, still has to agree. But that applies in this case as a formality. The governments of the member states then have two years to transpose the directive into national laws. Unlike an EU regulation, they have a certain amount of room for interpretation.

3. With everything except onions

If this second proposal also fails, MEPs will go through each part of the draft directive one at a time, for which there will be amendments. These are, in particular, Articles 11 and 13. (In the official German translation of the Directive, Article 13 has become Article 17, but the vote is based on the old numbers.)

If Articles 11 or 13 or both fail, the Council must again agree with what is left. That is no longer a matter of form. It is quite possible that work on the existing draft will simply continue in this case - but after the European elections and with a new parliament and a new commission. Theoretically, the Commission could also pull the emergency brake itself if it sees the version passed by Parliament as too far away from what it itself wants.

Whatever happens Tuesday, we will report.

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Apple at your service

Apple will be introducing a TV streaming service on Monday evening, including Netflix and a news subscription service, such as Readly. In addition, writes "Bloombergs" well-informed Apple specialist Mark Gurman, the company is working on an iOS games subscription service. Together make an iTunes for TV, newspapers and games.

Interesting is, among other things, who is not there: Netflix series will probably not be seen in Apple's service, and the "New York Times" expressly do not want to join the news service. But Apple can be very persistent: The Beatles initially did not want to be represented on iTunes, just ten years after the launch of the download platform, it was finally time.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook

My colleague Matthias Kremp will talk about today's performance at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, and Andreas Albert will analyze in advance what a fundamental change that is for Apple.

You can watch the novelty show live on apple.com/apple-events/livestream/ - if you have an Apple TV, an iOS device or a Mac with a fairly up-to-date operating system (iOS 10.0 or macOS 10 Sierra 10.12) or the Use Edge browser from Microsoft. It should also work on the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox, but as a precaution Apple only writes "may so be able to access the stream". Alternatively, you can watch the stream directly in Apple's Twitter account.

Strange digital world: guest googling
an anecdote by Martin U. Müller

Anyone who goes to an event must register in advance. One of them is the "Hotelier of the Year", an evening event in Berlin where people from the hotel industry are honored for their work. In order to prevent anyone creeping in, guests sometimes even have to present identification documents.

And just because there are people who say they do not have a passport, I watched at the very entrance to this party how such situations are handled these days: A receptionist asked two men about their ID, both of them did not have theirs. She then googled the guests' names to find photos of them - on a LinkedIn page, a Facebook profile or an official-looking website. She found it, the gentlemen were allowed to pass.

However, they then had to hold their ID tag with an RFID chip to a terminal to complete the digital check-in. What were those times when you were just ticked off a list.

App of the Week: " Squad "
tested by Tobias Kirchner

Olabot

"Squad" makes it easy to share the action on your own screen with friends or work colleagues. For example, you can start a video chat with up to nine people in which apps or browsers can be displayed.

The invitation is simply via the contact list. Then you can browse together in your own photo gallery, chat histories, on shopping pages or in social networks. The operation is simple and works fine.

Free from Olabot, with no in-app purchases: iOS, Android

Foreign Link: Three tips from other media

  • "Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market" (60 minutes of reading including nap)
    This is the stuff that drives hundreds of thousands to demonstrations on the street, even though it is formulated in an infinitely dróge way: the complete draft of the copyright directive, now also in German.
  • "Why the copyright debate is already an advance" (three minutes of reading)
    Dirk von Gehlen is an incorrigible internet optimist, and I'm grateful for that. Even in the deep swamp of copyright conspiracy theories, he still finds good.

  • "Locating The Netherlands' Most Wanted Criminal By Scrutinizing Instagram" (English, eight minutes of reading)
    The investigative journalists of "Bellingcat" once again impressively demonstrate what open source intelligence means, ie working with publicly available information. With the help of volunteers they identify the exact whereabouts of one of the most wanted criminals in the Netherlands - based on their Instagram posts.

I wish you a happy week,

Patrick Beuth