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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: 4, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Friday March 16 2018, @10:59PM (5 children)
If they pass such a law, sites like GitHub can simply block access to the EU, and developers will just have to use a VPN, or those get blocked, travel to countries like Norway or Switzerland to do their coding (since sites like StackOverflow will also need to be blocked since there's potential copyright issues there too, it'll be pretty hard for professional developers to get much done too).
As I always say, every nation gets the government it deserves. I really thought Europeans deserved better than this, but I guess not.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Bot on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:53AM (1 child)
I agree, and I live in the EU.
Apparently we need a nice red notice on web resources stating: this content is blocked because of EU bureaucrats and their idiot, oh sorry i meant malicious, laws.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @07:07PM
Like us Americans did. Once it gets too full it will breach a levee and empty itself back out :)
How did YOU think he planned to drain the swamp?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @03:54AM (1 child)
moar jerbs for 'merkins!
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:39PM
??? A merkin is a pubic wig. [wikipedia.org] Should I be investing in merkin makers?
Relationship status: Available for curbside pickup.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @06:54AM
Waaaa! waaaa! American companies will take their ball and go home. Muh VPN. Muh SJWhub.
Good fucking riddance. European tech companies, for Europeans people, under European privacy laws.
China and Russia got this right. Their protectionism kept the dirty yanks out, and now they have strong home-grown tech companies. Europe was foolish for not outright banning google and facefuck.