A European parliament committee has voted in favour of the Copyright Directive, leaving tech giants like Google, Microsoft and Amazon in the lurch over publication rights.
The directive will force online publications to pay a portion of their revenues to publishers, and take on full responsibility for any copyright infringement on the internet.
As a result, any service that allows users to post text, sound, or video for public consumption must also implement an automatic filter to scan for similarities to known copyrighted works, censoring those that match.
The vote passed by the legal affairs committee is likely to be taken as the political body's official line during further EU negotiations next month, unless a new vote is forced by lawmakers appealing the decision.
Julia Reda has more details of the vote
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 22 2018, @01:02AM (5 children)
SN and similar sites will likely have to be blocked in Europe if this bull (typo but I'm keeping it) passes parliament.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 22 2018, @01:03AM (1 child)
Don't worry, the US and other nations will "harmonize" their copyright rules with Europe's.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 22 2018, @02:43AM
Don't you mean the US will slap a tarrif on any post trying to get into the US from Europe?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 22 2018, @02:33AM (2 children)
They're welcome to block us if they like. I'm not typing one extra character to accommodate this nonsense though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday June 22 2018, @04:15AM (1 child)
We shall cover the cost of any defense if required.
I am more worried about my own website :(
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 22 2018, @12:52PM
I very much doubt a US court would rule we have any obligation to pay it. Regardless, it's easier to shift the servers to somewhere that won't rather than accommodate blatant idiocy.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.