‘Catastrophic’: EU Passes Copyright Directive Including Internet ‘Link Tax’ and ‘Upload Filter’

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[PFW]

The European Parliment has passed a controversial copyright directive that contains provisions which force tech giants to install content filters and sets in place a potential tax on hyperlinking.

The bill was passed in a final vote of 438 – 226 and will need to be implemented by individual EU member states.

Critics of the directive have been laser-focused on two key provisions: Articles 11 and 13, which they have dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter.”

"The most important parts of this are Articles 11 and 13. Article 11 is intended to give publishers and papers a way to make money when companies like Google link to their stories, allowing them to demand paid licenses. Article 13 requires certain platforms like YouTube and Facebook stop users sharing unlicensed copyrighted material.

Critics of the Copyright Directive say these provisions are disastrous. In the case of Article 11, they note that attempts to “tax” platforms like Google News for sharing articles have repeatedly failed, and that the system would be ripe to abuse by copyright trolls.

Article 13, they say, is even worse. The legislation requires that platforms proactively work with rightsholders to stop users uploading copyrighted content. The only way to do so would be to scan all data being uploaded to sites like YouTube and Facebook. This would create an incredible burden for small platforms, and could be used as a mechanism for widespread censorship. This is why figures like Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee came out so strongly against the directive. – The Verge"

[Skywise]

It’s all discussion and messaging that the government doesn’t want discussed.

There’s a reason Britain chose Brexit and it wasn’t economic or national pride - it was and is because the EU is becoming a totalitarian state towards implementing a one world government.

[pierrem15]

I would think Google and Bing should just go on strike and refuse to serve any pages to EU IP addresses for a few days.

Or, they could just target the IP addresses serving EU offices, which would be hilarious.

[pierrem15]

There will be a lot of stories posted as images, not text.

[fuzzylogic]

Exactly. This type of behavior achieves only one thing, an equal change in our behavior. Once they’ve control over what can be published they’ll think they’ve won, when all they’ve really achieved is empowering people to find new ways.

[NativeSon]

Memes, this would effectively block the posting & sharing of memes.

[dhs12345]

Typical communist socialists — make money off of something that they didn’t create. The primary reason why people use it is because it is free and it thrives for this very reason.

[kiryandil]

It’s going to be fun in the final days of the EU when the headchoppers get all these socialist dhimmis and stick their heads on spikes...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Exactly.

[VanDeKoik]

More state involvement with the internet.

Still likeing this idea in the U.S.?

[gaijin]

Wrath of the Memes:

People using photos and pasting on witty words was TOTALLY KILLING The Establishment; in a single 3-second glance Joe Six Pack GETS IT:

Establishment couldn’t compete with that.

THAT is the reason for this, it’s POLITICAL.

[piytar]

Yes. Broke and uneducated people are easier to rule.

[Chode]

Article 11 is intended to give publishers and papers a way to make money when companies like Google link to their stories, allowing them to demand paid licenses.

so let me get this straight, these suckholes get free clicks and ad revenue when users are directed to their sites by said links so to discourage said revenue and linkage they want to force licensure that will reduce hits and ad revenue... is that it???

these floppy prolapsed camel rectums aren't smart enough to uderstand the business model of a lemonsade stand

[samtheman]

If hildabitch were president she’d sign us right up for this, even though we’re not in the stinking EU.