seriously jeopardized<\/strong> by these heavy-handed EU regulations.<\/p>\nEspecially Article 13 is dangerously experimenting with the core foundation of the Internet\u2019s ecosystem. Making companies directly liable for the content of their users forces these businesses to make billions of legal decisions about the legality of content. Most companies are neither equipped nor capable of implementing the automatic content filtering mechanisms this requires, which are expensive and prone to error.<\/p>\n
Article 11 is creating a completely new intellectual property right for press publishers. The experience with similar laws in Germany and Spain raises serious doubts about the expected benefits, while the negative impact would be very real. An additional layer of exclusive rights would make it harder to clear the necessary legal hurdles to start new projects. It will make entrepreneurs more hesitant to just launch new projects.<\/strong> Europe would lose any chance to play a significant role on the world stage. Startups that build services based on aggregated online information would go out of business, and every company that publishes press summaries of their apance in the media would be in violation of this law.<\/p>\nAlthough the purpose of these regulations is to limit the powers of big US Internet companies like Google or Facebook, the proposed legislation would end up having the opposite effect. Article 13 requires filtering of massive amounts of data, requiring technology only the Internet giants have the resources to build. European companies will be thus forced to hand over their data to them, jeopardizing the independence of the European tech industry as well as the privacy of our users.<\/strong> European companies like ours will be hindered in their ability to compete or will have to abandon certain markets completely.<\/p>\nGiven all of these issues it is noteworthy that the final trilogue agreement lacks meaningful safeguards for small and medium enterprises. The broad scope of this law would most likely lead to less new companies being founded in Europe and existing companies moving their headquarters out of Europe. For all those reasons we urge every pro-Startup politician to vote against Article 11 and Article 13.<\/strong><\/p>\nSincerely,<\/p>\n
Frank Karlitschek, Founder & CEO, Nextcloud GmbH, Germany
\nJutta Steiner, CEO & Founder, Parity, United Kingdom
\nAlan Duric, CTO\/COO and Co-Founder, Wire, Switzerland
\nJon Karlung, CEO Bahnhof AB, Sweden
\nStefan Lingler, CTO, finderly Gmbh, Austria
\nPhilippe Kalaf, CEO, Collabora Limited, United Kingdom
\nTill Faida, CEO, eyeo GmbH, Germany
\nC\u0103t\u0103lin Fr\u00e2ncu, Founder, dexonline.ro, Romania
\nRuth Sch\u00f6llhammer, Chairwoman of the Managing Board, Deutscher Gr\u00fcnderverband, Germany
\nSam Tuke, CEO, phpList, United Kingdom
\nPeter Ganten, Founder and CEO, Univention & Chairman, Open Source Business Alliance, Germany
\np\u2261p Security SA, Luxembourg
\nLenard Koschwitz, Senior Director Global Policy, Allied for Startups, EU\/Global
\nErik Muttersbach, CTO, FreightHub, Germany
\nNitrokey UG, Germany
\nDom Hallas, Executive Director, The Coalition for a Digital Economy (COADEC), United Kingdom
\nTobias Gerlinger, CEO, Owncloud, Germany
\nAdela Z\u00e1bra\u017en\u00e1, Executive Manager, SAPIE \u2013 The Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy, Slovakia
\nTravis Todd, Co-founder, Silicon Allee, Germany
\nHarald Kapper, CEO, Kapper Network-Communications GmbH, Austria
\nTim Pritlove, Owner, Metaebene Personal Media, Germany
\nBernd Hilmar, CEO, VIRTEXXA Cloud Services SRL, Romania
\nFrank J. D\u00fcrring, Dipl.-Inf. (FH), CEO, condero Aktiengesellschaft, Germany
\nMarkus Raunig, Managing Director, AustrianStartups, Austria
\nMirko Lorenz, Co-founder and Co-CEO, Datawrapper, Germany
\nBrian Joseph, CEO, Kopano BV, Netherlands
\nDr. Detlef Oertel and Erol \u00dcl\u00fckmen, Managing Directors, uib gmbh, Germany
\nJulia Szopa, President of the Board, Startup Poland, Poland
\nPaolo Vecchi,CEO, Omnis Cloud, Luxembourg
\nTimo Hetzel, Managing Director, Undsoversum GmbH, Germany
\nMaddalena Falzoni, CEO, MaadiX, Spain
\nRalf Becker, CEO, Birgit Becker, CEO, Egroupware GmbH, Germany
\nGianmarco Carnovale, Chairman, Roma Startup, Italy
\nUlrich Brandner, CEO, CIB software GmbH, Germany
\nSteffen Weber, CEO, ComputerBase GmbH, Germany
\nevenly GmbH, Germany
\nPierre Beyssac, CEO & Founder, Eriomem.net, France
\nStefan Scholz, CEO, Zellwerk GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
\nSchallert.com e.U., Austria
\nFactory, Germany
\nNicolas Chauvat, CEO, Logilab, France
\nMaik Aussendorf, Managing Director, Bareos GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
\nRichard Marx, COO, Assanti Insurance Technologies, Netherlands
\nPhilippe Hemmel, President, Arawa, France
\nFabio Natali, Director, Reckon Digital, United Kingdom
\nSebastian Jabbusch, Founder and CEO, Public Impact UG, Germany
\nLabarama, Austria
\nMario Behling, CEO, OpnTec GmbH, Germany
\nDaniel Hansson, Founder and Owner, T&M Hansson IT AB, Sweden
\nLars Fassmann, Founder and CEO, chemmedia AG, Germany
\nAlexander Todorov, CEO, Open Technologies Bulgaria, Ltd, Bulgaria
\nDr. Detlef H\u00fchnlein, CEO, ecsec GmbH, Germany
\nTom Knienieder, CEO, peaknetworks e.U., Austria
\nKarsten Klein, CEO, metaeffekt GmbH, Germany
\nThierry Leblond, CEO, Scille, France
\nDirk Ahrnke, Managing Director, it:25, Germany
\nGerhard Sternath, CEO\/CFO, LINBIT HA-Solutions GmbH, Austria
\nBernhard Reiter, Managing Director, Intevation GmbH, Germany
\nAlexey Volkov, Founder and CEO, On My Disk, Slovenia
\nMarcel van Duijvendijk, CEO, Wind Engineering Solutions, Netherlands
\nBozena Jarosz, CEO, SecN UG, Germany
\nDr.ir Rick van Rein, CTO, OpenFortress B.V., Netherlands
\nDirk Kutsche, CEO, pro-ite GmbH, Germany
\nAnne Dillard, Pierre Fumet & Cyril Lacoux, Managing Directors, EASTER-EGGS, France
\nFelix Arndt, CEO, fnordserver, Germany
\nOscar Ortega, CEO, BTACTIC, Spain
\nClemens Toennies, CEO, Blue Systems GmbH, Germany
\nAjdin Gazija, CEO and Christian Machalitzky, CTO, NOBUGS IT GmbH, Austria
\nDirk Breunich, CEO, Donner & Doria Werbeagentur GmbH, Germany
\nDennis Pennings, CTO, Good Cloud BV, Netherlands
\nSilvina Furnadzhieva, CEO, Double Click Systems Ltd., Bulgaria
\nSamuel John, CEO, OtoJig GmbH, Germany
\nMarius Quabeck, CEO, NerdZoom Media, Germany
\nMartin Wiederkehr, CEO & Partner, Ops One AG, Switzerland
\nMario Peshev, CEO, DevriX Ltd., Bulgaria
\nSteffen Lindner, CEO, Portknox.net, Germany
\nTada.city, Netherlands
\nOmnis Systems Ltd, United Kingdom
\nAlexander Nimmervoll, Managing Director, Generalize-IT Solutions OG, Austria
\nNadine N\u00fcsse, CCO, Innovo Cloud GmbH, Germany
\nChristopher Neal, Director, Twist Development Limited, United Kingdom
\nWerner Klinger, CEO, Neodiffusion, France
\nLiane Hampe, Managing Director, xmera e.K., Germany
\nMarkus Frei, Managing Director, Linuxfabrik, Switzerland
\nDr. Richard Heigl, Co-Founder and CEO, Hallo Welt! GmbH, Germany
\nSander Venema, Owner, Asteroid Interactive, Netherlands
\nHarald Dittmar, CEO, sys-pro GmbH, Germany
\nDaniel Huhardeaux, CEO, TOOTAi, France
\nJohan Poortvliet, Owner, Adjoadvies bv, Netherlands
\nPhilipp S\u00fc\u00df, Managing Owner, Ingenieurb\u00fcro S\u00fc\u00df & friends, Germany
\nPatricia Moncorg\u00e9, CEO, Editions D-BookeR, France
\nRalf Guttmann, CEO, Hyperspace GmbH, Germany
\nPatrick Babonneau, CTO, Eralog, France
\nThomas Michalak, Owner, Nimmerland Nextcloud Service, Germany
\nHuib Verweij, Owner, X-Scale, Netherlands
\nNicolas Lantz, Founder and CEO, UBICORE, France
\nOliver Breidenbach, Director (CEO), Boinx Software Ltd., Germany
\n360ict, Netherlands
\nJust Software AG, Germany
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Da Vitoria, Owner, FDV Informatique, France
\nStefan Vartolomeev, CEO & Founder, Pisateli BG, Bulgaria
\nClaudia Behr, Owner, computer & communication, Austria
\nJohan Bernhardsson, CEO, Kafit AB, Sweden
\nClara Guinea Jaime, CEO, WIKIVITAS SL, Spain
\nHolger Schlichting, Managing Director, PRAXISFELD GmbH, Germany
\nRomain Hurdequint, Founder, The Daily Board Co., France
\nJ\u00f6rg G\u00fcnther, Main shareholder, AFI Solutions GmbH, Germany
\nOslandia, France
\nIngo Wichmann, CEO, Linuxhotel GmbH, Germany
\nInventia Plus S.L., Spain
\nJ\u00e9r\u00e9mie Lesage, Company Manager, JECI SARL, France
\nPhilip Br\u00e4unlich, Managing Director, Gerrit van Aaken, Managing Director, whitespace GmbH, Germany
\nReinhold Baudisch, CEO, Michael Doberer, CEO, durchblicker.at, Austria
\nRobert Gavin, Managing Partner, S\u00f6ren Tschiersch, Managing Partner, Flens IT Solutions GmbH, Germany
\nHal Hughes, Director, TeeBase UK Ltd., United Kingdom
\nSebastian Software GmbH, Germany
\nFlorent Manens, CEO, BeeZim, France
\nLinnart Unger, Founder and Managing Director, Studio GOOD digital GmbH, Germany
\nIng. Mag. Dr. Vincenz Leichtfried, CEO, LV7 Media Services, Austria
\nMark Heckes, Managing Director, complingua GmbH, Germany
\nAndrej Stojanovi\u010d, CEO, A-com spletne storitve, Slovenia
\nIngomar Otter, Director Technology & Innovation, Valtech Mobility GmbH, Germany
\nJosef Mayerhofer, Executive Director, WVNET, Austria
\nB\u00e4r Tiger Wolf GmbH, Germany
\nJulien Fastr\u00e9, Administrator, Champs Libres Cooperative SCRLFS, Belgium
\nfullstax GmbH & CO. KG, Germany
\nBauspenglerei Sukup-Groetzer OG, Austria
\nBiker-Boarder, Germany
\nAutonom Health GesundheitsbildungsGmbH, Austria
\nNerdlichter AG, Germany
\nTripple Internet Content Services, Austria
\nYaltik, France
\nKonrad Koch, CTO, pantaBio AG, Germany
\nNicolas Ducoulombier, Founder and CEO, S\u00e9bastien Ducoulombier, Founder and CEO, Julien Steinhauser, CEO, Les D\u00e9veloppements Durables, France
\nAnsgar H. Licher, Co-Founder & CEO, Martin Werthm\u00f6ller, Co-Founder & CTO, Lwsystems GmbH & Co. KG, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n
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Signatories after publication<\/h1>\n
Mathias Bartholom\u00e4us, CEO and founder, studio.201 software GmbH, Germany
\nTomas Vondra, Technical director, Home at Cloud, Czech Republic
\nMarcus Toth, CEO, Beamy Lake GmbH, Austria
\nChristopher Atlan, Owner, Letter Opener GmbH, Austria
\nDennis Nissen, CEO, naymspace GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
\nMax Seelemann, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Ulysses GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
\nTorsten Markmann, Managing Director, Uplinked UG, Germany
\nPavel Volk, Owner, Pavel Volk – Bischofstein, Czech Republic
\nReinblau eG, Germany
\nB\u0142a\u017cej So\u0142towski, CEO & Co-Founder, MLabs sp. z o.o., Poland
\nDennis Nissen, CEO, naymspace software GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
\nMaik Derstappen, CEO, Derico, Germany
\nPeter Faxe Lachenmair, Owner, lachenmair.info – it consulting, Germany
\nRedon Skikuli, Business Development, Collective68, Albania
\nAris Ntatsis, CEO, Onscreen Web Services, Greece
\nNikos Roussos, Founder, Autoverse, Greece
\nEduardo D\u00edaz Comellas, CEO, Ultreia Comunicaciones, SL, Spain
\nRicardo Cristof Remmert-Fontes, Owner, Midvinter Holzhandwerk, Germany
\nYouthweb e.V., Germany
\nElio Quoshi, Founder, Ura Design, Albania
\nJ\u00e9r\u00f4me Marchini, founder, paquerette.eu, France
\nPedro Fernandes, Founder, TugaTech, Portugal
\nFabian Spielberger, CEO, Pepper Media Holding GmbH, Germany
\nJasir Baftijari, Founder, JABA e.K., Germany
\nOle Emken, Co-Founder & CEO, medienweite GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
\nDaniel Weingart, Freelancer, Medien & Design, Germany
\nChristian Steiauf, Sales Manager, Endpoint Protector GmbH, Germany
\nPierre Chevalier, g\u00e9ologue et informaticien, S\u00e9mofi, France
\nBastian Allgeier, CEO, Bastian Allgeier GmbH, Germany
\nJulian Mair, Co-Founder, Hotel Tirolerhof des Mair Manfred & Co. KG, Italy
\nDavid Lopez, SerenaMail, Spain
\nSpeed U Up, Austria
\nDaniel B\u00f6nisch, Founder and CEO, UEBERBIT GmbH, Germany
\nJacobo Vidal, Co-Founder & CEO, Arengu, Spain
\nMichael Wegge, CEO & Founder, Firesource UG, Germany
\nBenjamin Schr\u00f6ter – CEO, Founder & Wolfram Bernhardt – CEO, Founder, Rhein-Spree Software Engineering GmbH, Germany
\nValentin Born, owner, born2webdesign, Germany
\nArnaud Launay, CEO, Cusae, France
\nDr. Ingo Keck, CTO, Moringa Science Publishing UG, Germany
\nPeter Faxe Lachenmair, owner, lachenmair.info – it consulting, Germany
\nGeorg Stefanowitsch, OHNE LIMIT, Germany
\nEleftherios Tzouanakis, owner, CretaDrive, Greece
\nPeter Gierl (CTO), markt.de GmbH & Co KG, Germany
\nKonrad Greilich, Thomas M\u00f6hle, Marius Hoppe (Founders), Bitkomplex UG (haftungsbeschr\u00e4nkt), Germany
\nDamien Accorsi – Dirigeant, Algoo, France
\nMarkus Winzer, Prokurist, E. Winzer GmbH & Co KG, Austria
\nFounder, Saber, UK
\nFernando Alava, owner, PixyBit SLU, Spain
\nXavier Colombel, CEO, Le Reacteur, France
\nCEO & Co-founder, Tiptapp, Sweden
\nJerome Leclanche, Director, Goveni Limited, Ireland
\nFlorian Traverse, CTO and founder, RockSolead, France
\nChristian Maas, Founder, myNFP, Germany
\nTillmann Carlos Bielefeld, CEO, Maerketing Europe O\u00dc, Estonia
\nEvan Murs, owner, Opentruss – Ethicity, Ireland
\nKenny Levinsen, Founder and CEO, Levinsen Software IVS, Denmark
\nMartijn Vos, founder, Vosdev, Netherlands
\nThomas Schweizer-Bolzonello, CEO, Intelliance, Estonia
\nFounder, Screenaware UG, Germany
\nFlorian Wesch, CEO, inlua GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
\nDavid Sinclair (CEO), Codebreeze, Sweden
\nLoris Cuoghi, Founder & CTO, AArtificiale, France
\nVinay Sajip, Red Dove Consultants Limited, UK
\nAndrea Borghi, CEO, W Key s.r.l., Italy
\nDamjan Maticic, CEO, Koofr, Slovenia
\nDmitriy Akulov, CEO, PerfOps, Poland
\nGeorge Kastelakis, CEO, Ignimedia EE, Greece
\nRasmus Porsager, Founder, Porsager IVS, Denmark
\nSylvain Kerkour, CEO, Phaser Security France
\nStefan Keller, CEO, Keller & Neudecker GdbR, Germany
\nRobin Jakobsson, Wavy AB, Sweden
\nBert Defoor founder, Gardica, Belgium
\nHakon Eide, CEO, Personal Software Ltd, UK
\nCTO, DreamApply.com, Estonia
\nJan Rychter, Founder, PartsBox.io, Poland
\nBart van Bragt, Founder, Bokt.nl, Netherlands
\nDr. Bernd Niklas Klein, CTO, ZENNER IoT Solutions GmbH, Germany
\nJohan Christenson, CEO, City Network, Sweden
\nDawid Wiktor, Founder & CEO, Media Scope Group, Estonia
\nGhislain Fabre, Open-Elearning, France
\nFounder & CEO, Abilian SAS, France
\nPatrick Broeckers, CEO, opwoco GmbH, Germany
\nAndreas Gebhard, CEO, Newthinking Communications GmbH, Germany
\nFran\u00e7ois Armand, CTO, Rudder.io, France
\nTanel Raud, Owner and Manager, Hinnavaatlus O\u00dc, Eesti
\nRene Saare, CTO, Folderit Ltd, Estonia
\nIBTC R\u00fcdiger Alich, Markus Gerards und Marcel Weber GbR, Germany
\nRory Koehler, CEO, Bibimapp Ltd, Ireland
\nAndreas Schroth, CEO, hPage Ltd., Malta
\nStephan F\u00fcrnrohr (CEO), Selbstdenker AG, Germany
\nMathias H\u00f6binger, CEO and co-founder, ShapeDiver GmbH, Austria
\nSebastian Denef, CEO & Co-Founder, OWN.space, Germany
\nNicola, owner,, Alix Societ\u00e0 cooperativa, Italy
\nNiall McCarthy, CEO, Crust Technology Ltd, Ireland
\nFrancisco Puga, Co-Owner, iCarto, Spain
\nSebastian Lasse, journalist, Redaktorcms, Germany
\nRebelWeb, Netherlands
\nLi Cai, CEO, Doypp GmbH, Germany
\nSimon D\u00fcckert, CEO, Cogneon GmbH, Germany
\nMaximilian Schieder, Zeug e.K., Germany
\nMorgan Leijstr\u00f6m, CEO, Tribun AB, Sweden
\nFriedrich Stagl, Founder & CEO, OwnCube, Austria
\nGreenNet, UK
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