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Last week we wrote a critical analysis of Elizabeth Warren's big plan to break up "big tech." As we noted, there was a lot in the plan that was nonsensical, unsupported by the facts or just plain confused. We'll be talking more about some of these ideas a lot over the next few years I imagine (stay tuned), but there was one line in Warren's plan that deserved a separate post: it appears that a part of Warren's big attack on big tech... is to give a massive handout to Hollywood. Here's the line:
We must help America's content creators — from local newspapers and national magazines to comedians and musicians — keep more of the value their content generates, rather than seeing it scooped up by companies like Google and Facebook.
That may sound rather basic and lacking any details, but what's notable about it is that the language reflects -- almost exactly -- the language used in the EU in support of the absolute worst parts of the EU Copyright Directive (specifically, Article 11 and Article 13). For example, this Q & A page by the Legislative Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament uses quite similar language:
The draft directive intends to oblige giant internet platforms and news aggregators (like YouTube or GoogleNews) to pay content creators (artists/musicians/actors and news houses and their journalists) what they truly owe them;
Why, that sounds quite familiar. Indeed, Warren's announcement even uses "keep more of the value their content generates," which appears to be a reference to the completely made up notion of a "value gap" between what internet platforms make and what they should be paying artists.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @05:41AM (2 children)
OK, what fucking propaganda shop has put this shit up on the front page of a formerly respectable news aggregation site? Is SoylentNews controlled by the RNC, or it's master, Sean Hannity of Frox Newbs? Or is it the fucking Ghost of thankfully dead Andrew Brietbart? Perhaps Vladimir thinks that stupid partisan submissions like this will aid in the destruction of American Post-war hegemony. And to think, we could have had a nice Aristarchus submission, where at least we would know what we were getting, and who was giving it to us, even though it is severly slanted to values of truth, justice, equality, and the American way. #DevinNunesCow!!! #FreeAristarchus!!!
(Score: 2, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:12AM
Rep. Devin Nunes Files $250M Defamation Lawsuit Against Twitter, Two Anonymous Twitter Accounts thedailybeast.com/rep-devin-nunes-files-dollar250m-defamation-lawsuit-against-twitter-two-anonymous-twitter-accounts [thedailybeast.com] via @thedailybeast [twitter.com]
We are with you Devin!! Grab the money, Devin!! Grab, grab, grab for America!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 23 2019, @03:02AM
I don't see how being worried that a so-called progressive candidate might be supporting more draconian copyright laws is propaganda. It turns out, the most accurate and substantial criticisms of corporatism and corporatists in the Democratic Party come from the left.