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Mexico.- Yesterday the Senate of the Republic, approved, a series of reforms to the Federal Copyright Law, which directly affect what is shared on the Internet, because according to this any content can unsubscribe if there is a request for “any third party” must unsubscribe from it, since it claims that its copyright is being violated.
This reform to the Copyright Act motivates that any publication can be removed without having the prior mandate of a judicial authority, i.e. it will be automatically removed because it could violate someone else’s copyright.
For its part, ARTICLE 19 expressed its dissatisfaction with the approval in the Senate of the Republic to implement the opinion of the Treaty of Mexico, the United States and Canada (TMEC).
#ÚltimaHora: ARTICLE 19 condemns the adoption of the opinion to implement the #TMEC which includes internet censorship mechanisms under alleged copyright protection and also makes it illegal to repair electronic devices. (1/2)#NiCensuraNiCandados pic.twitter.com/b3wW7oDPKb
— ARTICLE 19 MX-CA (@article19mex) June 30, 2020
According to ARTICLE 19 this opinion includes internet censorship mechanisms under alleged copyright protection and also makes it illegal to repair electronic devices.
On the reform of the Copyright Law it is established that content uploaded to the internet must be unsubscribed, through a request from a third party that says that their copyright is being infringed.
Therefore it is the obligation of any platform to unsubscribe any internet content designated as potential harm to copyright, this without express representation by a judicial authority in Mexico.
It should be noted that the complainant may request that the content be restored, however he must demonstrate the authorization to use the material. If the complainant continues with the application without permission, the complainant may choose to file a criminal complaint.
Mexico accepts an Internet censorship mechanism, which Canada does not, in order to implement the #TMEC, so does the “notification and withdrawal”: https://t.co/gkFd2mzJ0H pic.twitter.com/GoWIjFfZW4
— R3D (@R3Dmx) June 29, 2020
