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MEP [Member of European Parliament] Julia Reda provides an update on the EU Copyright Directive which is in the final drafting stages. The whole text will be finalized January 21st but the infamous Article 13 is already set and Internet platforms will be made directly liable for any copyright infringements their users commit, should the final text be voted in.
What remains in the drafting stage in regards to Article 13 is to decide exactly which lengths will platforms need to go to and just how much they will need to restrict our ability to post and share content online in order to avoid or limit their liability.
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European Union Article 13 is Almost Final
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TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @04:21PM (10 children)
I'm European and if that's what it takes, i hope all and every platform shuts down all forums and upload capabilities. Then all there is to do is to watch and wait.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @04:24PM (6 children)
...I mean shut down from EU members of course.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday January 11 2019, @04:31PM (5 children)
I think we'll probably just ignore it here. I'm not aware of any treaties that would require us to follow that law even if we're required to honor EU copyrights. If they want to blackhole our site on their end, that's fine, but I for one am not going to put any effort into forwarding the cause of idiocy unless I have no other choice.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @04:34PM
But i could copy/paste subtitles here! OOOOoooooo
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @07:37PM (1 child)
I've read your political posts. You freely put effort into forwarding the cause of idiocy on a regular basis.
(Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 12 2019, @04:58AM
No, just the right to participate in it if you so choose. Like how I'm making you look silly instead of banning you, for example.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @07:11AM (1 child)
But then beware of travelling anywhere in EU.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 12 2019, @11:42AM
Not a worry. I can't think of anything over there worth the bother of international travel.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @04:33PM
Why only online? Surely if someone grabs a portable laser projector and projects copyright material onto the walls of an EU building, the EU would be liable for the copyright infringement? Surely a graffiti artist writing a paragraph of a copyright literary work onto the walls of the EU parliament should result in legal action against the EU?
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Friday January 11 2019, @04:34PM
You're going to run into the problem that every union runs into.
Scabs. Fuckers who realize they can make more money by crossing the digital picket line.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @10:07PM
And that is the main objective - to make Internet passive like a TV. Most companies are OK with this, as people will still come for ads, will have no way to answer or criticize it, and there will be no possibility for smaller players getting own Internet place.
And I repeat: This noise about Article 13 is just a squeak of smaller pigs being put away from food by bigger pigs. There was time for opposing when Internet providers shut in-plan hosting to force users to give their licensing - of their articles, designs, photos etc. - to big players. Now it's a fight who will steal more, and general level of content put to modern Net looks like there's not much more to steal.