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posted by Fnord666 on Friday March 16 2018, @10:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the recursive-censorship dept.

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Code-repository GitHub has raised the alarm about a pending European copyright proposal could force it to implement automated filtering systems – referred to by detractors as "censorship machines" – that would hinder developers working with free and open source software.

The proposal, part of Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive from 2016, has been working its way through the legislative process.

In a blog post on Wednesday GitHub explained that the shakeup was designed to address the perception that there's a "value gap" between the money streaming-media platforms make from uploaded content and what content creators actually get paid.

"However, the way it's written captures many other types of content, including code," San Francisco-based GitHub said.

If passed, the rules would require code hosting platforms to take preemptive action to prevent copyrighted material from being shared without the appropriate license.

[...] Julia Reda, a member of the European Parliament and a representative of the Pirate Party in Germany, argues that the proposed requirements would force GitHub to negotiate a license from every single developer and would "kill the platforms economy in Europe."

Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/15/eu_copyright_proposal_could_limit_github_code/


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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by cocaine overdose on Friday March 16 2018, @11:18PM

    I will dearly miss being able to find some idiot's fonts file or some idiot's business data, easily on GitHub. Both have been invaluable in enriching my wallet, and I'm sad to see the EU taking the media-industrial complex's cock up its ass, and money into its thong.
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