The problem with EU laws regarding copyright and privacy rights is that they empower the powerful over the powerless, big companies who can afford all the extra work and risks over small ones and startups, insider authors (published by commercial publishers) over indie self-publishers, and such. So, even if these laws may possibly be well intentioned (which I am not sure they are), the outcome reinforces inequality and the establishment.

On a slightly different note: What artists would really benefit from is a UBI (guaranteed Universal Basic Income, Citizen Dividend, Social Security for All, whatever you wish to call it), rather than stricter copyright protections. Copyright protections can really be put to use to ensure pay for one's work if one is well established and commercial publishers run the show. This pushes new kids on the block to the margins and keeps most indies in the margins. Real artists live for their art, not for money, but as long as sheer survival requires money, the current set-up holds them back. As another commenter indicated (if I understood it right), free sharing by others is promotional and can help indies get out of obscurity. While in obscurity, they are often working for free or mere tiny scraps anyway, so there are no sales profits for them to protect.