Broadly his response is that Article 13 doesn't break anything, but that it has the potential to cause a lot of harm if applied badly or worded poorly.
Seems reasonable. And certainly an approach Sir Humphrey would be happy with.
Isn't there an additional problem with an EU directive, in that national governments might twist implementation of it to their own Agendas? In the case of UK governments, that could be anything from US or other lobbyists to deliberate sabotage in the interests of discrediting the EU directive.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
