EU Vote in Favour of Article 13

[chiller15]

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The European Parliament has given final approval to the Copyright Directive, a controversial package of legislation designed to update copyright law in Europe for the internet age.

Members of parliament voted 348 in favor of the law and 274 against. A last-minute proposal to remove the law’s most controversial clause — Article 13 or the ‘upload filter’ — was narrowly rejected by just five votes. The directive will now be passed on to EU member states, who will translate it into national law.

Advocates of the directive say it will balance the playing field between US tech giants and European content creators, giving copyright holders more power over how big internet platforms distribute their content. But critics say the law is vague and poorly thought-out, and will end up restricting how content is shared online, stifling innovation and free speech.

 

Source: The Verge

 

This doesn't look promising, even if the most controversial aspect has been removed (the 'upload filter'). Who knows what the future of content creation is going to be like after this has been implemented and the dust settles.

[givingtnt]

[Sychic]

3 minutes ago, chiller15 said:

Source: The Verge

 

I thought we had an understanding...

[Taf the Ghost]

Time to tag all memes with the CC license, lol.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

rip this section of the forum

[chiller15]

Just now, Sychic said:

I thought we had an understanding...

We can kiss and make up, right? In all seriousness, this is a developing story and they were one of the only reputable non-paywall sites reporting on it at the time of posting.

[crosstiger]

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[Monkey Butler]

Good bye internet...soo vpn's then nord or PIA?

[RejZoR]

What idiot at EU barn thought this would actually work in any meaningful way?

[Skiiwee29]

10 minutes ago, Sychic said:

I thought we had an understanding...

That meme is played out and dead. The website is fine. Let it be and RIP. 

[CiBi]

I do think copyright laws should be changed when technology that affects it changes but this legislation is not 'up to date' at all.

 

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[Terabyte_272]

F in the chat boys...... Hope this wont affect me being Canadian Xd

[Fluxcabury]

Well this is the start of the end of the free and open internet

 

[XR6]

Guess it's time to buy a VPN subscription then..

It's bad enough that it actually got approved in the first place, but IMO the worst part about all this is that the politicians who voted to approve this have absolutely no idea how much this will affect the internet.

Seems like the beginning of the end of an internet without censorship.

[chiller15]

3 minutes ago, Terabyte_272 said:

F in the chat boys...... Hope this wont affect me being Canadian Xd

I think it'll have the similar wide-ranging effects that GDPR had across the Internet and how we manage data. I doubt that a company like YouTube are simply going to geoblock EU users from accessing non-EU content. They'll have to implement a system to check content prior to publishing anyway for those who upload inside the EU. I would expect them to roll that system out globally.

[Terabyte_272]

4 minutes ago, chiller15 said:

I think it'll have the similar wide-ranging effects that GDPR had across the Internet and how we manage data. I doubt that a company like YouTube are simply going to geoblock EU users from accessing non-EU content. They'll have to implement a system to check content prior to publishing anyway for those who upload inside the EU. I would expect them to roll that system out globally.

Hmm yea thats what I thought... why would youtube not geoblock eu users that may be much better than another annoying algorithm

[chiller15]

1 minute ago, Terabyte_272 said:

Hmm yea thats what I thought... why would youtube not geoblock eu users that may be much better than another annoying algorithm

Unless they withdraw their service from the EU entirely, they're going to have to create the annoying algorithm anyway.

[Aetheria]

16 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

The website is fine.

The website has never been fine. It wasn't even fine when douchenozzles like Topolsky and Patel worked for Engaget.

[Drak3]

13 minutes ago, XR6 said:

IMO the worst part about all this is that the politicians who voted to approve this have absolutely no idea how much this will affect the internet.

They know exactly what effect it'll have, that's why they're doing it.

[PCGuy_5960]

13 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

They know exactly what effect it'll have, that's why they're doing it.

Most of them barely even know what the internet is, lol

[chiller15]

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Most of them barely even know what the internet is, lol

Whilst that may be true, they know what money is. The music industry has been pushing for a lot of this. I'm not sure it takes much to connect the dots.

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, chiller15 said:

Advocates of the directive say it will balance the playing field between US tech giants and European content creators, giving copyright holders more power over how big internet platforms distribute their content.

"Advocates of the directive have thoroughly proven that they have no clue what the fuck is going on, and have decided to create even more imbalance in favor of large corporations"

 

Seriously, who are these people who think life just isn't fair for the mega rich? 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, chiller15 said:

Whilst that may be true, they know what money is. The music industry has been pushing for a lot of this. I'm not sure it takes much to connect the dots.

The music industry already steals the revenue of pretty much half the videos on youtube, so this isn't too surprising. What is surprising is that these 60 year old boomers have a say in something they don't understand in any way shape of form.

[Velcade]

1 hour ago, chiller15 said:

But critics say the law is vague and poorly thought-out, and will end up restricting how content is shared online, stifling innovation and free speech.

Does free speech exist in Europe? 

[Razzy_85]