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7 votes
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An ISP based in Texas has complained to a judge that the music industry to trying to turn internet providers into the "copyright police."
16 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
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Wikipedia makes the case for Google and Facebook to give back to the Commons, rather than just take
11 votes -
Inside a heist of American chip designs, as China bids for tech power
7 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 -
YouTube faces paying billions to music stars after copyright vote
6 votes -
YouTube faces paying billions to music stars after copyright vote
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YouTube blocks MIT OpenWare and Blender videos, asks for monetization agreement
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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?
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The EU could be about to ban memes and 'destroy the internet'
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The EU's copyright proposal is extremely bad news for everyone, even (especially!) Wikipedia
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Not everything needs copyright: Lawyers flip out that photos taken by AI may be public domain
6 votes