EU article 13

[The_Librarian]

Going to be a big mess.

The link is here.

Basically the EU want stricter control on copyrighted material.

What is the Directive on Copyright?
The European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is a European Union directive that is designed to limit how copyrighted content is shared on online platforms. EU directives are a form of legislation that set an objective for member states to achieve.
The Directive on Copyright and its most controversial component, Article 13, requires online platforms to filter or remove copyrighted material from their websites. It’s this article that people think could be interpreted as requiring platforms to ban memes, but more on that later.
The Directive on Copyright would make online platforms and aggregator sites liable for copyright infringements, and supposedly direct more revenue from tech giants towards artists and journalists.

The article itself is TL;DR but it is worth it to read through as it explains just exactly what it is, and you can draw your own conclusions from the article.

Going to be very interesting going forward.

 

[sajunky]

Crosing boundaries, it won't pay. More countries will leave EU.

 

[[)roi(]]

That's the problem with huge autocratic governments like the EU; thinking they can legislate every problem.

Nope, the best solution involves no government interference; For example a solution like Netflix where:

• if a service is cheap enough, guarantees quality, is accessible and in general far easier than pirating then a majority will simply choose to be legal for the benefits and simplicity.

EU would be far better off removing all the red tape that artificially delays the availability of new content on a service like Netflix, because e.g. they're still prioritizing cinemas and disc media. This delay is a key reason why IMO pirating is still quite prevalent; and to minimize it, they need simply ensure that all content is available on all services globally at the same time.

Thus will IMO have a far greater impact than any new piece of legislature;; especially considering most people just easily step around that with VPNs and remote hosting in countries that have less restrictions.