I'm sorry, but an article like this should contain quotes or at least links to the actual text under discussion. Like this, it's only an opinion piece.
If you're looking for a proper discussion about this and the actual text, EDRi (something like EU's EFF) is probably what you're looking for. They did an extensive coverage of this in the last couple of days and have published the leaked documents.
Some links:
https://edri.org/leaked-document-eu-presidency-calls-for-mas...
https://edri.org/estonia-loves-digital-why-is-it-supporting-...
https://edri.org/six-states-raise-concerns-about-legality-of...
You're wrong, but it's an easy mistake to make: the leak concerns the ongoing diplomatic discussions between the nations voting on the proposal:
> According to a new leak, a number of EU Member States share our serious concerns about the proposal for mass surveillance and censorship of uploads to the internet in Europe, included in the European Commission’s proposal for a new copyright Directive. Those Member States seem unwilling to build a censorship machine forcing EU countries to adopt Google’s current practices. They highlight that such practices should not be implemented without making sure of the consequences for fundamental rights and for the rule of law. The leaked document contains a list of questions posed to the internal legal service of the Council of the EU, signed by six EU Member States: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Ireland and the Netherlands.
The proposed directive itself is, as with all such proposals, open and available for everyone in every official EU language:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2016/EN/1-2016...
This one[1] as well, although it's a bit longer.
[0]: https://www.communia-association.org/wp-content/uploads/2016...
[1]: http://copyright4creativity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/DC...
Makes it hard to swallow their opinion as credible, when so obviously biased and non factual.
Try getting information from actual organization putting their money where their mouth is: European Copyright Reform: A New Directive Against Fundamental Freedoms[1].
See also: https://changecopyright.org/en-US/ and https://netcommons.eu/sites/default/files/netcommons_eecc_no...
Summary: https://iplens.org/tag/proposal-for-a-directive-on-copyright...