Petition · past parliament

If still in the EU on the 15th of April, vote NO to the Copyright Directive.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The European Parliament recently passed the Copyright Directive, a damaging piece of law that could seriously harm the British technology industry. HM Government should vote NO to the directive in the Council.
The European Parliament recently passed the Copyright Directive, a damaging piece of law that could seriously harm the British technology industry.

If we are still able to on the 15th of April, HM Government should vote NO to the directive in the Council to ensure that even if a deal requires us to follow EU law that directive does not apply here. If we voted no along with other countries already planning to (Italy, Poland, the Netherlands) we could block the entire law.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

6 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
3 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 May 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.