Sorry -- not all affected platforms are run by "big corporations". All for-profit plateforms over 3 years old are affected, even small ones. This will severely harm the EU startup scene in that category.
https://www.politico.eu/pro/germany-weighs-in-on-copyright-w...
So, what happened to that? ^
Parliament wanted:
> Apply the law to platforms that “optimise and promote” significant amounts of user-uploaded works and are not small businesses (turnover below €10M and less than 50 employees)
According to: https://juliareda.eu/2018/10/copyright-trilogue-positions/
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Upload filters must be installed by everyone except those services which fit all three of the following extremely narrow criteria:
* Available to the public for less than 3 years
* Annual turnover below €10 million
* Fewer than 5 million unique monthly visitors
The "5 million unique monthly visitors" point is concerning too, because that term is not clearly defined.