Article 13 is going into it’s final stages of voting.
If this gets through, it will allow many, many companies to abuse and misuse this article to take down as many memes, fan works, and even other independent creators on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and other websites INCLUDING Tumblr.
THE FAIR USE LAW AND SAFEHARBOR LAW WILL NO LONGER APPLY IN THE U.S OR IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
IT HAS ALREADY PASSED IN SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THEM TO TAKE AWAY WHAT WE BUILT FOR THE INTERNET SO FAR.
So here is what you need to do to drag this article down.
1. Spread the word
I can’t stress this enough. The more attention this gets the more people we can get to take this down.
2. Make your own content
Make your own content on the matter and make sure it is clear to others that Article 13 is bad for every internet user involved.
3. If you live anywhere in Europe, contact your MEPs
Ask them if they approve of the article and why. If they do approve of it, try to convince them in a clear, reasonable, and most sensible way possible that this law is BAD.
The article itself is way to vague about what it’s conveying to its people.
Saying that as long as the use of said internet memes or content is good as long as it’s in “good faith.”
We cannot let some shoddy government tell us what we can and cannot post.
FREE SPEECH IS A HUMAN RIGHT. NOT A PRIVILEGE.
Here’s a video on Article 13 that Film Theory made on the matter. It will explain things better than I can.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GbXHrj8k7dg
Edit: I’ve noticed that some people are having trouble with getting the video to work. So here is the new link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbXHrj8k7dg&app=desktop
Plus thanks to user @rwby- 13 for giving me a link to this Change.org petition!
https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet
Tag: europe
The EU’s bizarre war on memes is totally unwinnable
On June 20, the European Parliament will set in motion a
process that could force online platforms like Facebook, Reddit and
even 4chan to censor their users’ content before it ever gets online.A
proposed new European copyright law wants large websites to use
“content recognition technologies” to scan for copyrighted videos,
music, photos, text and code in a move that that could impact everyone
from the open source software community to remixers, livestreamers and
teenage meme creators.In an open letter to the President of the European Parliament, some of the world’s most prominent technologists warn that Article 13 of the proposed EU Copyright Directive
“takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet
from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the
automated surveillance and control of its users.”The Save Your Internet
campaign is urging European internet users to contact their MEPs before
the critical June 20 vote, and includes tools to facilitate
communication with them via email, phone or social media.Although it’s primarily intended to prevent the online
streaming of pirated music and video, the scope of Article 13 covers all
and any copyrightable material, including images, audio, video,
compiled software, code and the written word.UM THIS IS A BIG FREAKING DEAL BTW
https://saveyourinternet.eu/ (ALSO LINKS TO KEY MEMBERS WHO MUST BE PRESSURED TO VOTE NO)
The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee will vote on this proposal on June 20 or 21. Your MEP needs to hear from you today. Call or email them now.
(LINKS TO KEY MEMBERS WHO NEED TO BE PRESSURE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS)
IF YOU LIVE IN EUROPE THIS *MUST* BE YOUR TOP PRIORITY UNTIL THE VOTE ON WEDNESDAY THE 20TH/THURSDAY THE 21ST
“Web services can’t even avoid liability by implementing upload filters.
To protect themselves from being sued, they would need to get licenses
from all rightsholders that exist on the planet before allowing user
uploads to go online, just in case the upload may contain (parts of) any
of their works.”literally this effects the entire scope of internet and fandom. THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF INTERNET AND FANDOM.
“Big corporate lobbies are demanding these laws,
hoping to make additional profits and gain more control over the web,
after missing out on much of the digital transformation. Publicly, they
insist these laws are necessary to protect European cultural industries
from exploitation by foreign internet platforms. The link tax is even
supposed to single-handedly “save journalism”.But independent experts agree: Copyright law isn’t the source of these problems, and these plans won’t fix them. In fact, they may well backfire – and they are certain to cause collateral damage to freedom of expression and harm independent creators, small publishers and startups. “
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