EU Passes Controversial Copyright Law With ‘Link Taxes’

[phands]

This feels like a very bd idea.....

The European Parliament approved the controversial Copyright Directive, which would require publishers to pay a “link tax” for sharing anything more than “insubstantial” portions of other publishers’ content.


Under the new law, passed on Wednesday with a vote of 438 to 226, any website that allows users to upload content must also implement a filter that checks this content against a database of copyrighted materials.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...s-controversial-copyright-law-with-link-taxes

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Somebody must have been taking stupid pills.

Or acting for Russian interests.

 

[Underseer]

Somebody must have been taking stupid pills.

Or acting for Russian interests.

The copyright mafia has been around since long before Russia started meddling in American/European politics.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Somebody must have been taking stupid pills.

Or acting for Russian interests.

The copyright mafia has been around since long before Russia started meddling in American/European politics.

But somebody certainly told the legislators what the effects would be.

The copyright mafia would certainly like something like this but that doesn't mean the legislators should pass something so stupid.

 

[couch_sloth]

Somebody must have been taking stupid pills.

Or acting for Russian interests.

The copyright mafia has been around since long before Russia started meddling in American/European politics.