On 26 March, the EU Parliament will carry out a vote on new copyright regulation; the suggested directives, Article 11 and Article 13, allegedly limit the rights of internet users and creators, including wiki contributors, according to Italian Wikipedia admins.
Wikipedia’s Italian branch has been reported unavailable to Internet users on Monday due to a protest by its authors and contributors against proposed EU regulation reform regarding online copyright law.
According to Italian Wikipedia members, Article 11 provides publishers with the right to limit news and headlines dissemination on websites owned by other users, and Article 13 will enable the automatic blocking of the writing contributors if they are not endorsed by representatives of copyrights industry.