[3] In 2020, he began working for the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF, 'Society for Civil Rights'), as expert for copyright and freedom of communication.

In January 2014, he was chosen to top the list of the candidates for the European Elections for the Pirate Party Germany, who subsequently won one seat.

[15] Stakeholder reaction varied as the German artist coalition Initiative Urheberrecht generally welcomed the draft[16] while the French collecting society SACD said it was "unacceptable";[17] author and copyright activist Cory Doctorow called the proposals "amazingly sensible",[18] while former Swedish Pirate MEP Amelia Andersdotter criticised them as too conservative.

[19] In 2015, Reda's report was passed by the legal affairs committee, but with an amendment that recommended restricting freedom of panorama in Europe.

[22] In 2019, Reda was described as a leader in the protests against Article 13 (colloquially called the "upload filter" provision) of the proposed EU Copyright Directive, in which 100,000 people participated in street demonstrations on March 23, 2019.