The EU is definitely doing the right thing in theory, in attempting to deliver value for copyright owners. Anyone who produces copyright material will tell you equally enthusiastically that getting money for their copyrighted materials is very difficult. That said, there is one massive obstacle to the EU proposal – Everybody knows how the current system works. Creating a new system, without any particular precedent, and without a clear cut “what’s okay and what’s not okay” legal definition is going to be extremely difficult.
Source: Op-Ed: New EU copyright legislation – Clumsy, obsolete, or dangerous?