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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/
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:22AM (9 children)
I remember when the internet had websites with content that was researched, curated, and presented with care. Now all the shitty websites just want content, whether crappy, illegal, or whatever. The owners of the websites do not want to manage the content in any way. Heck, they don't even want to create it!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:44AM (6 children)
If you want to put your book report online, you can still do that. If you want to host 10 million porn videos, you have to steal from users.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:55AM (5 children)
link please? I happen to be very interested in book reports.
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday March 17 2018, @06:01AM
http://www.123helpme.com/search.asp?text=book+report [123helpme.com]
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Saturday March 17 2018, @06:56AM (3 children)
If you're interested, I've written a few articles analyzing aspects of books and plays.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday March 17 2018, @08:34AM (1 child)
Actually I am gonna read about Pinocchio as it's the second book i'd recommend to an alien visiting the planet, the gospels being the first.
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday March 17 2018, @08:48AM
I read about Pinocchio.
I don't make much of that analysis though, as it seems like a trekkie approach to SF: smart, but ultimately losing itself on details.
American style rationalization sometimes yields fruit, but rational analysis of complex systems leads to totally bogus result at the slightest error or omission, and by being scientific does not enter the domain of "whatever the author may have wanted to convey" because it's not easy to formalize.
But of course, if it is your thing and may be useful for somebody (pinocchio inspired video games), then why not.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday March 17 2018, @08:33PM
Maybe you should contribute something to the Community Reviews nexus.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @01:21AM (1 child)
I remember when the internet had websites with content that was researched, curated, and presented with care.
Seriously when did that happen? MOST of the web has a been a steady bit-storm of poor content. I have watched it since pretty much the very beginning 'surfing the web' on mosaic, lync, and gopher. There are still some curated sites that focus on a particular topic but just as like in the beginning they are few and far between. Most of the early websites were little more than a landing page with a *tiny* amount of content and always 'under construction'.
http://www.wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=5&url=http://youtube.com [wonder-tonic.com]
You are looking at the web through rose colored glasses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @06:47AM
No, the web really was better before.
>mosaic, lync, and gopher
Nice LARP kid. You can go back to your snapchat now.