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#article13

RT @EFF: Wondering what you can do to help stop the passage of and in the EU? EFF's @mala and Member of Parliament @S… source: twitter.com/eff/status/1012754

The UK's Stephen Fry has some rather strong words to say about : Tell your MEP to vote against it next week! t.co/mGzBOAsLEJ twitter.com/stephenfry/status/ source: twitter.com/eff/status/1012726

RT @stephenfry: threatens EU creators, leaving us vulnerable to censorship in copyright's name. Don't believe the creepy pretenc… source: twitter.com/eff/status/1012406

When Neil Gaiman, one of the most beloved authors in the world, speaks out against a copyright proposal, you KNOW it must be bad.

We need to stop from wrecking the Internet. twitter.com/neilhimself/status source: twitter.com/eff/status/1012373

Wondering what you can do to help stop the passage of and in the EU? EFF's @mala and Member of Parliament @Senficon explain: youtube.com/watch?v=wjqCT9Exq5 source: twitter.com/eff/status/1011481

I feel like I should write a blog post about #Article13 and I know which points I need to carry across but I'm struggling to begin writing because I don't want to be wrong about something law-related. Feels very high-stakes

RT @EFF: This Sunday's protests against and are spreading beyond Berlin! Our post has a list of actions across the EU… source: twitter.com/eff/status/1010565

Had a huddled conversation in the European Parliament with a colleague after the JURI vote trying to work out what #article13 would mean for federated/decentralized services like #mastodon and #ipfs . We’ll need to see the final text which may not be available until next week.

So folks, the #article13 and #linktax proposals will be going soon to the EU parlaiment, and if they pass they will become a serious problem for the #Fediverse:
* To automatically filter copyrighted materials, even badly, you need a way to reference those materials. Even our largest instances probably can't afford access!
* Our instances will not be able to afford licenses to link to news sites under the new #LinkTax rules.
Go make some noise at: saveyourinternet.eu/
(@gargron)

Now that I got that out of my system...

LIVE IN EU? Find your MEPs and tell them to do the right thing in the plenary vote later this year. europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/map

source: twitter.com/nextlaunch/status/

The following very special message goes out to just over half the members of @EP_Legal, especially @axelvossmdep:

FUCK YOU

FUCK YOU

FUCK YOU

source: twitter.com/nextlaunch/status/

BREAKING: The EU JURI committee has passed . This requires sites to filter all submissions against a database of copyrighted works—creating a that puts thousands of daily activities and millions of Internet users at the mercy of algorithmic filters. source: twitter.com/eff/status/1009365