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on Saturday July 22 2017, @11:46PM
from the affects-open-access-journals,-too dept.
from the affects-open-access-journals,-too dept.
A new Copyright Directive is being drafted for Europe. Within that process the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) has agreed to an amendment that would greatly reduce citizens' rights in regards to online material and even digital material in general. The "snippet tax" aka "link tax" would require licenses for even the tiniest quotations of published material as well as mandating upload filters. Either of these would effectively ban sites like SoylentNews from Europe, but scholarly publishing would suffer as badly.
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EU Parliament Committee: No, You Can't Enjoy the Music You Paid For
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday July 23 2017, @12:03AM (2 children)
After all, Apple forced U2 onto many devices.
Also,is it also okay if I paid, but don't enjoy it?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 23 2017, @01:04AM (1 child)
It's just silly, you can not-enjoy it for free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Sunday July 23 2017, @01:41AM
If you're going to be a masochist, do it properly!
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex