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I couldn't really find the core arguments of the article. I wasn't really sure what it is was arguing for or against or what the exact laws are that we should be concerned about. Can someone elaborate?

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the European Union (EU) enacted a copyright directive this year, this directive has to be implemented in national law by the EU member states. Part of this copyright directive is that platforms are liable for copyright infringement of their users unless they take measures to prevent those. they are also provisions in the directive which were supposed to keep user's right in check.

Now the French government put forward a bill in the French Parliament to implement this directive. It seems to be a bill which favors the rightsholders above else, which was to be expected because France was one of the biggest proponents of this part of the directive.

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