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posted by martyb on Thursday March 29 2018, @10:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the take-it-or-leave-^w-take-it dept.

A piece of proposed EU legislation has for many months now included drastic changes to the Union's copyright laws. Feedback from industry lobbyists looks very much like it is adopted uncritically to the exclusion of other interests. This is especially noticeable in what has been going on with Articles 11 and 13 of the Council on the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market [2016/0280(COD)]. CopyBuzz summarizes some of the more salient points regarding press publisher's rights (Article 11) and upload/censorship filters (Article 13) identified in the latest set of proposals.

Currently it is Bulgaria's turn to head the Council of the European Union, a position that rotates every six months among EU member states. One of the responsibilities of that position is to oversee the Council's work on EU legislation. However, with the recent rotation, the copyright situation looks grimmer rather than gaining a respite.

See CopyBuzz : Compromises on (c) are clearly no longer on the agenda.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Thursday March 29 2018, @01:03PM (7 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 29 2018, @01:03PM (#659941) Journal

    I for one think adopting a defeatist label is mostly sign of laziness, because you're not expected to expend actual effort if you're a loser anyway.

    And I think it's a sign of courage to adopt a negative label and, by the value for the society of the principles you push forward, try to turn the meaning around until it gets worth of respect.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by loonycyborg on Thursday March 29 2018, @01:50PM (6 children)

    by loonycyborg (6905) on Thursday March 29 2018, @01:50PM (#659955)

    No courage is needed to call yourself a loser. Courage is in getting things done. And calling things how they are is required for this, because people otherwise just won't understand you and you won't be able to coordinate.

    • (Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:38PM (2 children)

      by bzipitidoo (4388) on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:38PM (#659978) Journal

      I have also wondered whether the name "pirate" is a good idea, and that good alternatives might be the Sharing Party, or the Robin Hood Party, or possibly the Education Party. But I finally I decided the Pirate name is just fine. Pirates have a kind of bad boy, rule breaking coolness to them. The printing and entertainment industry has tried for centuries to smear copying as theft, and I'm pleased to note, has failed. More and more, people are seeing through their propaganda and bull. It's especially helpful when the entertainment moguls indulge in their stupid greed and go too far, angering large majorities of the public, like for instance with the unskippable commercials on optical media. The biggest indication of Pirate viability and the acceptableness of the name is that they've won elections.

      One problem with a name such as the Sharing Party is that it is too easily vilified. It could be taken to mean Communism, and extreme wealth redistribution. The Pirate name is much better.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:39PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:39PM (#659979)

        Pirates are cool. Robin Hood Party could be read as Socialist Party.

      • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Thursday March 29 2018, @05:07PM

        by nitehawk214 (1304) on Thursday March 29 2018, @05:07PM (#660058)

        "Pirates are fun!" -Robert Webb

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    • (Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Thursday March 29 2018, @03:07PM (2 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 29 2018, @03:07PM (#659990) Journal

      No courage is needed to call yourself a loser.

      I'll believe you when I'll see you calling yourself a loser. Come on, I dare you.

      (grin)

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      • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @03:38PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @03:38PM (#660010)

        I'll believe you when I'll see you calling yourself a loser. Come on, I dare you.

        (grin)

        Any questions? [youtube.com]

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 29 2018, @05:33PM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 29 2018, @05:33PM (#660080) Journal

          Any questions?

          A band that... what's the word? ... bealittled themselves and called themselves losers... then went afterwards to conquer the world of music?

          Ummm... please remind me, what was the argument that was made and which is supposed to be supported by the linked example?

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