A crucial vote is coming up later this month in the EU's move to change its copyright laws. The proposed plans included mandatory content filters and a so-called link tax to be paid by sites linking to other sites, articles 13 and 11 respectively. TorrentFreak writes about the current status of the legislation and of the deadline to fix or block the proposed EU copyright legislation is coming up quickly and time is running out to salvage the situation regarding rules which will drastically affect the Internet.
Earlier on SN
European Copyright Law Isn't Great. It Could Soon Get a Lot Worse
Censorship Machines Are Coming: It's Time for the Free Software Community to Use its Political Clout
Compromises on Copyright Maximalism are Clearly No Longer on the EU Agenda
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:04AM (1 child)
But the US government constantly violates the Constitution, including the first amendment; obscenity laws, FCC censorship, free speech zones, etc. are examples of this, regardless of what our treacherous courts claim. The question is whether or not the government would do that here as well?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday June 07 2018, @12:02AM
The government isn't homogenous. It's entirely possible, even likely, that the courts would slap a big ole "eat shit and die" on any law/treaty like this.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.