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Mulled EU Copyright Shakeup Will Turn Us Into Robo-Censors

posted by Fnord666 on Friday March 16 2018, @10:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the recursive-censorship dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Bytram

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/

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:03AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:03AM (#653857)

    This is the same GitHub that's been 'deplatforming' whoever their staffer inner-circle thinks is an Undesirable, and were the primary pusher of Codes-of-Conduct in FOSS, right? (website owners with a few users who ping the modern redefinition of Nazi, TERFs, ...)

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:30AM (#653875)

    Exactly. How can SJW shithub object, are copyright holders not entitled to feelings about their material being redistributed without permission?

    Be considerate, be respectful, be hypocritical!

    Social Justice comes home to roost once more.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @12:49AM (#653883)

    Yeah, they can shove CoC up their collective asses.... but this will punish its users too.

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday March 17 2018, @05:49AM (2 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Saturday March 17 2018, @05:49AM (#653970) Homepage Journal

    All the recruiters want to know what one's GitHub is. I never fill in the blank. Doubtlessly that's why I was homeless for five years.

    But it seems one cannot escape the requirement that one have experience with Git. I'll set up my own Git server on my own domain, then supply its URL to body shops that want to know what my GitHub is.

    --
    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]