• Memes 'will be banned' under new EU copyright law, warn campaigners
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The EU Copyright Directive intends to protect the intellectual property rights of people who upload their material to the internet. However, campaigners are warning the law will require "all content uploaded to the internet to be monitored and potentially deleted if a likeness to existing copyright is protected". The campaign against a particular provision of the directive, Article 13, warns that online platforms would be economically damaged if they were forced to comply with its expensive obligations. Source (news.sky.com)
all content uploaded to the internet to be monitored and potentially deleted if a likeness to existing copyright is protected Yeah good luck with that
can you fucks stop trying to ruin the internet -the rest of the world
Good luck lol
https://youtu.be/FmmQxXPOMMY
Honestly, I think it's a good thing. Best remove all those harmful internet memes from the internet that I've being hearing about in the media. Wipe it clean with bleach.
For anyone in Europe who won't stand for this shit (basically everyone), Save Your Internet – Delete article 13
Seriously wonder how many times it took Quinton Flynn to do this take in such a voice and demeanor without bursting in laughter.
This is going to be fucking funny to watch these goons trying to enforce.
I half expected Zombie Nation to play out reading that fucking headline.
Come after the billions of people who post memes. Sink all that cash into it. PLEASE.
This thing won't make it far. It's severely incompatible with a several already existing EU laws. Like Incompatible with existing EU law: The E-Commerce Directive forbids general monitoring obligations, which even the European Parliament Research Service says Article 13 would establish. Other premises of Article 13 are also unsupported by existing law and jurisprudence, including the assertion that platforms “optimizing the presentation” of uploaded content become liable for infringements. and Incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights as interpreted by the ECJ: It violates the principle of a fair balance between competing fundamental rights laid out by the European Court of Justice in case law. It's a directive as well, not an actual law. Meaning that you don't have to accept it in its current state, but your court has to have something similar in place.
They can't even enforce anti-piracy laws, they have no hope with this.
I think I have heard that Germany or at least a couple of German politicians are already against it. I wouldn't say its safe to just ignore it but it feels way blown out of proportion.
So from what I can tell, this is basically the EU equivalent of SOPA, expect even more drastic? Yeesh.
Give me memes, or give me death!
if anything copyright needs to be relaxed, not increased.
I updated OP with a link to a petition calling for the removal of article 13. Save Your Internet – Delete article 13
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