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.
(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.