EU Parliament passes copyright law

The European Parliament has adopted controversial copyright reforms that requires technology platforms to sign licensing agreements with musicians, authors and news publishers in order to post their work online.

The new law is meant to force tech firms to aggressively remove unlicensed copyrighted material from their websites proactively, rather than waiting for complaints to come in before acting. YouTube, Facebook and Google News are some of the internet household names that will be most directly affected by this legislation.