Copyright issues have been the subject of controversial debates in recent weeks and months. On 26 March 2019, the European Parliament adopted the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which was also agreed by a majority of the EU Council of Ministers on 15 April 2019.

The discussion about this directive has often been shortened to the so-called “upload filters”, there was even talk among net activists of “censorship” and the end of freedom of expression. The lecture examined the background of these controversies and showed what is actually under discussion in the controversial copyright directive – and why it is an issue for the question of creativity. A panel discussion provided an opportunity to raise other facets of the issue.