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Four Wikipedias To 'Black Out' Over EU Copyright Directive (wikimediafoundation.org)
Sherwin Siy and Jan Gerlach, writing for the Wikimedia Foundation: Volunteer editor communities in four language Wikipedias -- German, Czech, Danish, and Slovak -- have decided to black out the sites on 21 March in opposition to the current version of the proposed EU Copyright Directive. Those language editions of Wikipedia will redirect all visitors to a banner about the directive, blocking access to content on Wikipedia for 24 hours. A final vote on the directive is expected on 26 March.
These independent language communities decided to black out in the same way most decisions are made on Wikipedia -- through discussion and consensus, something summarized in a statement from the German Wikipedia volunteer community: "Each of these independent Wikipedia communities has been engaging in public online discussions as to their course of action, and voting on whether and how to protest. They have done this according to their own rules of governance."
These independent language communities decided to black out in the same way most decisions are made on Wikipedia -- through discussion and consensus, something summarized in a statement from the German Wikipedia volunteer community: "Each of these independent Wikipedia communities has been engaging in public online discussions as to their course of action, and voting on whether and how to protest. They have done this according to their own rules of governance."
The more people all over the EU will notice such draconian EU laws.
The EU should embrace freedoms and innovation.
Not add to more EU gov censorship and tax.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Are you implying the notability standard is a higher bar on copyright encyclopedias that Wikipedia?
I bet this made more sense in the original Chinese.
Inheritance is the sincerest form of nepotism.
Well, they write the articles. Do you?
Draconian copyright is the scourge of trying to build a free dictionary. So it is directly relevant to what they do.
I bet both the EU commission and parliament are snickering at this "announcement". They can't wait for things like Wikipedia to disappear by themselves and save them the effort to just ban them.
Still better than pinterest stinking up everything, especially image results. If I see a Wikipedia link then I know I'm getting something useful when I click it, if I see something for pinterest I can basically guarentee that it won't take me to where to the information I'm interested in. Google Image Search results, click a pinterest image and 9 times out of 10 it won't be on that page and in fact will be almost impossible to find. Pinterest just needs to be straight up banned from Google until they link to the actual content they claim.
I find it hard to believe you do not have some idea already, but here you go: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/...
"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
- Commissioner Pravin Lal, -- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
I'll bite:
"Worse, the final draft of Article 11 has no exceptions to protect small and noncommercial services, including Wikipedia".
"goodbye and hello, as always" ~Prince Corwin, from Zelazny's Amber series