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EU Takes First Step in Passing Controversial Copyright Law That Could 'Censor the Internet' (theverge.com)
The European Union has taken the first step in passing new copyright legislation that critics say will tear the internet apart. From a report: This morning, the EU's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) voted in favor of the legislation, called the Copyright Directive. Although most of the directive simply updates technical language for copyright law in the age of the internet, it includes two highly controversial provisions. These are Article 11, a "link tax," which would force online platforms like Facebook and Google to buy licenses from media companies before linking to their stories; and Article 13, an "upload filter," which would require that everything uploaded online in the EU is checked for copyright infringement. (Think of it like YouTube's Content ID system but for the whole internet.) EU lawmakers critical of the legislation say these Articles may have been proposed with good intentions -- like protecting copyright owners -- but are vaguely worded and ripe for abuse.
Laws that transfer power from citizens to the government are never about "good intentions," they're about control.
One of the first things they'll start censoring is content critical of sacred Eurocratic initiatives. Video opposing unassimilated Muslim immigration into Europe? Sorry, that's banned because we call it "hate speech." Video suggesting Italy should leave the Euro? Sorry, we have to ban that because it endangers "economic stability."
Good intentions have nothing to do with it. It's all about censorship and control.
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...and Article 13, an "upload filter," which would require that everything uploaded online in the EU is checked for copyright infringement.
Do the people writing this crap have ANY IDEA how the internet works?
The link tax :
Link to a newspaper in the EU? Thats a copyright problem that can result in having to pay a company in the EU.
Quote from an EU nation newspaper? Thats copyright. Show the EU payment was made per line quoted.
The upload filter
A cartoon? Is it a political meme? Does it related to Spanish or French politics? No upload for you on social media.
Report the account to French and Spanish authorities. Is the meme funny and political? Could it cause an EU political party to be considered funny? No social media access for that cartoon.
A message about Catalan? No EU freedom for you. Spain gets a report on that social media account and requests an upload ban. The EU bans the image.
An image from a movie? Thats an EU tax for using that copyright frame from a movie.
An image from a movie with a French political leader added in as a meme? Thats going to get reported and banned. A copyright fine must be paid.
SJW want to stop news getting linked and their politics getting turned into a funny meme.
So EU political leaders tax and censor the internet. Thanks for the new tax and internet censorship attempt EU bureaucrats.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
We keep being told how much better the EU is than the US - but then they do something awful like this, which is much, much worse than anything that would be seriously proposed in the US.
Trump administration: "Hold my beer and bucket of chicken"
Just be patient, it will get worse here.
There's copyright infringement enforcement, and then there's "fascism disguised as protecting copyright."
People around here generally supported the right to have your misdeeds forgotten, now let's see how they like phase 2.
Yeah, because you can spell DMCA without that big fat fucking D-for-Democrat.
Wait, no you can't.
Why would that be?
Because "content producers" pretty much own the parts of the Democratic Party not totally annexed by public employee unions.
Where can I submit all my stuff so it'll become part of what gets reported when scanned? I have about 1tb of home videos and photos as well as all my writing assignments from since high school and I can go through all my old accounts and submit all the posts I've written. I use a desktop email client so submitting all the email I've written should be easy.
If I were Google I'd be working on my new price list:
How much should they pay me to go back to linking to their news sites ... ?
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Look, I"m no huge Trump fan, but didn't the Crimea invasion and occupation take place under Obama's watchful eye?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........