Few months back when the previous voting took place all of their representatives were voting for article 13. Right now, due to forced coalition most of the current EU parlamentarists got rather bad starting places (giving them low election changes even in light of good voters support) and there were talk about switching parties already.
Now, week later I find out they changed their mind and are going to protect European Internet after being so eager to push this law. Smart, not that surprising yet funny move nonetheless.
Oh, and when approving it they were defending it very vocally. They didn’t pass it by ignorance. That’s for sure.
Not really. In the preliminary voting last year nobody from Poland voted for articles 13 and 11. Most were against and some abstained. I know because I was campaigning for that and sending them emails.
In the next voting still most were against. There was no point at which more people from Poland voted for article 13 than against.
In Poland internet freedom, software patents etc is a big issue since forever. See: https://thankpoland.info/
Anti-ACTA protests started in Poland as well in 2011 and were a big thing, they happened in every city basically and the government had to go back from the deal, which then lead to reverting it on the EU-wide basis.
Perhaps - but how will they vote when the next copyright 'reform' (which always means more restrictive copyright) comes along, and there's less public scrutiny?
Few months back when the previous voting took place all of their representatives were voting for article 13. Right now, due to forced coalition most of the current EU parlamentarists got rather bad starting places (giving them low election changes even in light of good voters support) and there were talk about switching parties already.
Now, week later I find out they changed their mind and are going to protect European Internet after being so eager to push this law. Smart, not that surprising yet funny move nonetheless.
Oh, and when approving it they were defending it very vocally. They didn’t pass it by ignorance. That’s for sure.