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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: 3, Informative) by bzipitidoo on Saturday March 17 2018, @02:15AM (2 children)
I used to think the European Union was a fantastic idea. And there's still much to be said for it. If it has made total war between the European powers so prohibitively expense that it's unthinkable, then it's very good.
But it is also a single point of failure. One of the strengths of Europe in all the centuries from the fall of Rome to modern times was a competition somewhat like a marketplace, but between governments rather than businesses. Any government that screwed up bad would find itself shunned, and trade would move elsewhere, which would quickly impoverish and ruin the local economy. Yes, there were robber barons. But ultimately, the merchants won out. Now however, the EU can make a dumb decision and screw things up for a whole lot of people, and going elsewhere to get away is not so easily done. Witness their handling of Greece.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @03:07AM
Which, if it was not the plan would not be foreshadowed and celebrated! [alamy.com] As if educated people don't know the story -- but only 'thick' people voted for 'Brexit'! [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday March 17 2018, @04:37AM
The creation of CERN had the explicit purpose of giving European countries something to do other than attack each other.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]