Europe Can’t Internet
2019-03-26, updated 2022-11-19
international
politics
Today, 2019 March 26, is the day that the internet died (at least in Europe).
The “Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive” passed in its entirety, and now merely has to be voted in when all the states meet later this month.
Article 13 dictates that anyone sharing copyrighted content must get permission from rights owners -- or at least have made the best possible effort to get permission -- before doing so. This doesn't just mean full songs, movies, TV shows and images. It also means gifs, memes and screenshots.
Further comments point out that text is included, so my simple act of copying and pasting that text is in violation of the directive.
While it can’t be directly proven, we all know this goes back to the poor giant telecomms rolling in profit that are telling leaders in the EU that their content is being stolen too much. And instead of having politicians over there that know how the internet works, they come up with an absolutely absurd law that for some reason passed.
This really is a sad day for the future of the internet; I wonder how it will affect the U.S. in the coming years.
-AM
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