The EU Copyright Directive and Zimbabwean Content Creators

On Tuesday 26 March 2019 the European Parliament voted in favour of adopting the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Copyright in the Digital Single Market . The EU Copyright Directive seeks to govern the way copyrighted material or media is uploaded and shared on the Internet. This makes it a cause of concern for service providers in the tech industry, content creators and Internet users on a global scale. More so when one considers the Internet’s universal nature and the fact that EU’s digital laws also affect Internet users from other parts of the world including Zimbabwe. Read more