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18 votes
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Theresa May under pressure over EU concessions as no new progress has been made
6 votes -
EU, China and Russia in move to sidestep US sanctions on Iran
7 votes -
Amazon's use of merchant data under EU microscope
6 votes -
The European Union versus the Internet
12 votes -
EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019
55 votes -
Today, Europe lost the internet. Now, we fight back
10 votes -
Controversial Copyright Directive approved by EU Parliament
27 votes -
Now that the Copyright Directive has been voted through, I think it's relevant to share what type of MP's voted for this crap...
Original here: https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8sizc8/danish_mep_jens_rohde_in_facebook_post_yesterday/ I posted this on reddit a couple of months ago as I felt (and still feel) like it's...
Original here: https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8sizc8/danish_mep_jens_rohde_in_facebook_post_yesterday/
I posted this on reddit a couple of months ago as I felt (and still feel) like it's rather shocking how someone so ignorant can have any kind of power over something that they clearly know nothing about. Here's what Danish MEP Jens Rohde had to say about the public response to the directive in a Facebook post of his from ~2 months ago:
Always pleasant when the web communists hack and spam my PC in parliament. 50,000 e-mails just yesterday containing largely identical messages - in difference languages though.
This time because I tomorrow vote in favor of artist copyright is valid on the internet as well as everywhere else.
This is not about mass surveillance.
This is not about limiting freedom of speech unless you steal others' content for commercial use.
This is also not about the so-called link tax in article 11. Bloggers can calmly continue working.
This is simply about active commercial platforms which must pay to use people's content for commercial purposes. All passive platforms, marketplaces, wikis, clouds, closed networks are exempt from this proposition that I've helped create and vote for tomorrow.
Creators can themselves ask that their content is monitored, or they can upload it unprotected. That's their choice.
Technology has NOT been considered in the proposal. That will come later.
And let me repeat for the hundredth time: spam as well as hacking is especially counterproductive to me, if you want to promote your cause.
By the way, I will never subscribe to the communist pirate opinion that FREE internet is the same as internet for FREE - no matter how much you attack my PC.
13 votes -
Tomorrow, the EU will vote on the future of the internet (again)
10 votes -
Who failed Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or the West?
8 votes -
Fnatic wins the 7th EU LCS title in a row
6 votes -
Snatched pic gives insight into 'no deal' Brexit planning
7 votes -
Standardising tags: "eu" or "europe"?
Are we using "eu" or "europe" for topics about Europe? I think we need to pick one or the other. I prefer "europe". EDIT The people have spoken, and the vast majority is in favour of "europe" (not...
Are we using "eu" or "europe" for topics about Europe? I think we need to pick one or the other.
I prefer "europe".
EDIT
The people have spoken, and the vast majority is in favour of "europe" (not "eu") for topics related to continental Europe. Topics related to the European Union itself can be tagged "europe.eu" (as per @nothis' excellent suggestion.
14 votes -
'Is this a red line for us?' $15b European trade deal doomed if Australia dodges Paris pledge.
7 votes -
Arrest warrant leak fuels suspicions of far-right links with German police
8 votes -
Neo-Nazis rally alongside counter-demonstrators in Stockholm
7 votes -
Gov guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal
4 votes -
Brexit stage left: Spending cuts and British strategic denial
9 votes -
Why Nord Stream 2 is the world’s most controversial energy project
3 votes -
Iran sanctions: Trump warns trading partners
6 votes -
EU acts to protect firms from Donald Trump's sanctions against Iran. Companies told to ignore White House demands to drop all business with Iran
8 votes -
Iran's Rouhani says it's up to Europe to save nuclear deal
6 votes -
The man who exposed Vote Leave’s overspending was outed and asked to leave his job within days. But, after last week’s Electoral Commission verdict, he says he feels vindicated
14 votes -
Google hit with 4.3bn euro Android fine from EU
31 votes -
Remove the search engine setting. Hard-code the search engine to Google
8 votes -
Why Google won't break a sweat about EU ruling
3 votes -
REMAINIACS podcast with David Allen Green
2 votes -
The EU and Japan have signed an unprecedented free trade agreement which will create one of the world's largest trading blocs
21 votes -
Trump calls European Union a 'foe' – ahead of Russia and China
10 votes -
First GDPR ruling: German court finds collecting domain registrar techincal/admin contact info violates Article 5
17 votes -
Boris Johnson resigns in major Brexit blow to UK PM Theresa May
24 votes -
ICANN't get no respect: Europe throws Whois privacy plan in the trash
11 votes -
Wikipedia blacked out across Europe in protest against laws that could change the internet forever
18 votes -
YouTube and Facebook could escape billions in copyright payouts after EU vote. Lawmakers reject overhaul of rules which aimed to make tech giant's pay a bigger share.
2 votes -
EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board
13 votes -
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi warns risks from trade war may be understated
6 votes -
EU leaders reach breakthrough deal on migrant crisis
5 votes -
‘Everyone is breaking the law right now’: GDPR compliance efforts are falling short
19 votes -
Algeria expels thousands of migrants in forced Sahara march
6 votes -
BMW joins Airbus in Brexit warning
8 votes -
EU committee approves new rules that could "destroy the internet as we know it."
13 votes -
Cory Doctorow: "The EU is about to end everything that's good and pure about the internet"
12 votes -
Norwegian court orders website of public domain court decisions shut down with no due process
14 votes -
EU to members: Prepare for no deal Brexit
3 votes -
EU to impose tariffs on $3.2 billion of US goods starting Friday
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The EU's Copyright Directive, Article 13
Next week the EU parliament will vote for their new copyright directive. In general it contains some good ideas, but also some extremely bad ones, such as article 13. It will require all uploaded...
Next week the EU parliament will vote for their new copyright directive. In general it contains some good ideas, but also some extremely bad ones, such as article 13. It will require all uploaded content to be scanned, and deleted if it might contain references to other copyrighted material.
The issue here is the word might. Due to the possible fines for companies that accidentally leave up something that contains a copyrighted work, they are incentivized to act more harsh than often necessary. It's safer for them to delete everything that looks like it might infringe copyright than risk the fine.
This could be disastrous for the Internet as we know it. And this is why many movements are speaking out against it. One such example would be the open letter to EU parliament. More information is available on https://saveyourinternet.eu/resources/, and you can find much more about it all over the Internet if you search with your favourite search engine.
What's your opinion on article 13, and have you done anything to make your voice heard?
13 votes -
Why should any non-Euro companies care about the GDPR?
18 votes -
The EU could be about to ban memes and 'destroy the internet'
4 votes -
The EU's copyright proposal is extremely bad news for everyone, even (especially!) Wikipedia
8 votes