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Controversial new European Union (EU) laws that could force tech firms to monitor all web uploads, destroy internet meme culture, and disadvantage small news websites have been approved by the European Parliament.
The vote in Strasbourg on Wednesday was 438 in favour of the measures, 226 against, and 39 abstentions.
The European Commission has claimed the laws will update copyright rules, giving publishers and big music labels a fairer deal, but critics say they could lead to mass surveillance and alternative news sources shutting down.
The most contentious sections are the directive’s Article 11 and Article 13, which detractors have dubbed the “link tax” and the “upload filter” respectively.
They were initially rejected by the parliament after a campaign spearheaded by UKIP, and an intervention by British inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and co-founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales, who raised concerns about online freedom.
The redrafted directive now insists that “small and micro platforms [are] excluded from directive’s scope” and “hyperlinks, accompanied by ‘individual words’ can be shared freely” in an attempt to reassure critics.
It had been argued that taxing links would hand an advantage to larger, well resourced mainstream media platforms.
Final vote for Parliament position on the copyright directive with #UploadFilters and #LinkTax: adopted. Parliament has failed to listen to citizens’ and experts’ concerns. #SaveYourInternet pic.twitter.com/gtGi6rg5kL
After the vote, German MEP Axel Voss, from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, said: “There has been much heated debate around this directive and I believe that Parliament has listened carefully to the concerns raised.
“Thus, we have addressed concerns raised about innovation by excluding small and micro platforms or aggregators from the scope.”
Ahead of the vote, it was also claimed that meme culture – including satirical videos and edited images – could be negatively affected if all content uploads were monitored and material blocked.
Other said the monitoring of content could be the top of a slippery slope, with the EU moving on from blocking copyrighted material to other forms of content, such as speech, that they may want to censor.
The new directive insists the text includes “provisions to ensure that copyright law is observed online without unfairly hampering the freedom of expression that has come to define the Internet”.
It adds: “Thus, merely sharing hyperlinks to articles, together with ‘individual words’ to describe them, will be free of copyright constraints.”
However, the civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier said the vote was the “worst possible outcome” and MEP Julia Reda was unconvinced by the amendments, calling Wednesday’s vote a “severe blow to the free and open internet”.
“This law leaves sites and apps no choice but to install error-prone upload filters,” she wrote.
“Anything we want to publish will need to first be approved by these filters, and perfectly legal content like parodies and memes will be caught in the crosshairs.”
War on Free Speech: EU Demands Facebook and Google Censor ‘Illegal’ Speech in One Hour t.co/jV90BcG0Ic
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) March 2, 2018
She added: “The adopted version… allows only ‘individual words’ of news articles to be reproduced for free, including in hyperlinks – closely following an existing German law.
This 1000x and anything else you can think of, like KaZaa and Emule too. Whatever is decentralized and harder to take down, grab it and back it all up.
Xavier Sullivan
Where are the anonymouse hackers DDoSing the EU?
Adam Hernandez
Getting Trump elected really spooked those nazi scum, heh heh.
Isaac Gomez
Ooh Zig Forums since when did you think communism is the same as socialism? Is reality starting to take hold? Will you finally grow up, get a job and move out of your parent's house?
Jose Peterson
its really obvious when you think of it
Lincoln Scott
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Jose Morris
Europe isn't America, so it doesn't matter.
nobody cares about Europe.
Juan Reyes
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James Ortiz
Watch Europe, this is a massive beta test before they do it to America. Most other nations already completely wall off large portions of their internet access. P2P decentralization is going to be the only thing to save us in the end.
Elijah Myers
Good riddance, meme culture never produced anything good. We're closer with Israel than ever and nothing has changed. All memes and anime did was convince a whole generation of people to be losers. So much wasted potential all on coming up with memes, watching anime and playing video games all whole surfing the web. Maybe this will force some of you to go outside.
Evan Russell
(((VPN)))
Kayden Garcia
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Landon Nelson
(((using nothing at all)))
Dylan Morales
both groups are an incestuous melange of socially inept, dysfunctional losers who can't hack it in the real world. there's plenty of crossover between both groups when they get "bored" with their current ideology. both groups support a strong state because how else would they get their gibs? it's also why they are natural allies with feminists - they all look up to the state as the ultimate provider and parental figure. sad
Michael Baker
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Dylan Wright
If someone or some group have the time, resources and money, they'll find you if they really want to go through the hassle. I'm not saying I deny that. I'm just saying its stupid to not use some common available OPSEC procedures. At the very least you can make it more difficult for your enemies.
Andrew Young
Welcome to your prohibition, Europoors. Enjoy this friendly meme.
Typically people in the real world don't go around promoting fascism or communism. They actually just want to be left alone to live their own lives independently and to have a good time. Most people would think image boards were full of INSANE kooks. I don't think that, but I know others who do.
Cooper Jenkins
Its not healthy for the youth who are addicted to it I agree. But I'll say image boards are a great way to share ideas back and forth and communicate and debate. Thing is they can become addicting. I always find myself reading news and looking at the image boards in the morning and during half the day.
Leo Wood
People are still using the donkey network? I used to download old out of print RPG books from there in the early 00's. Also found tons of stuff on Usenet alt.binaries groups.
Angel Watson
I think its still up and running, not sure anymore. Did find some links to "How Stuff Works" that linked to the donkey network a while back when I wanted to rip that show to DVD.
Asher Flores
You realize you'll soon join us, you dipshit burger? If not by your own government selling you out, it will be the tech companies that will comply with eu and remove it from their entire site. Twitter has already removed hashtags related to this from trending and YouTube has videos about the benefit of the articles before the actual Independant videos. Don't fucking stand by the sidelines and laugh, get your ass moving and stop your nation suffering the same date, you fool.
Elijah Scott
True, they will try this to us too. Luckily many Americans will not willingly give up their guns. I already vowed to myself and the Lord that if they ever try taking my arms, I will die fighting the gun grabbers in a deadly shoot out/standoff. I don't care at this point, better dead then subjugated.
As far as the Big Tech companies, they can go straight to hell. The US tach companies WILL comply. Not because they have to… because they'll want to. But you will see sites like this thats simply throw up the FU to the EU. And they'll block these kinds of sites. You'll see other sites do the same, and they'll block those kinds of sites.
I encourage you not to sit on the sidelines. Why aren't you angrily spreading news about corruption in your own government right now? Why did a burger like me have to create this OP? Why are we burgers always the ones exposing so much of this bullshit?
Elijah Turner
Soon I'll be sharing every P2P client I have backed up. I'd like to link some to this site but I know there are upload limits.
Justin Garcia
Will EU nations actually adopt this? How many tech companies will simply say FU to the EU and get blocked off from Europe? They claim this is "good" for business? These are nutty control freak communist morons. It will hurt business, but you know what? It will incentivize companies to leave the EU and it will incentivize internet companies not to even comply therefore just providing services to other countries and not Europe.
Austin Jackson
Let me guess, the mainstream media will completely ignore this just happened.
This is what you get when you give up national sovereignty!
Joseph Ramirez
Of course. Smart people don't just drop something that works. Even if something more convenient comes along you have to care for the old as long as they last….and that's a life lesson.
Daniel Kelly
It wasn't the burgers that voted for a government that allowed this bullshit. You made this 1984 hellscape happen all by yourself.
Make good use of the last three months you have.
Bingo. Meanwhile, they'll run the anti-Trump propaganda #23151
It will be a matter of days before the MSM are reporting defaced eu sites and ddos attacks have increased tenfold…revenge will be sweet anons
Jackson Gonzalez
It will be a matter of days before the MSM are reporting defaced eu sites and ddos attacks have increased tenfold…revenge will be sweet anons
Gavin Bennett
I hope it's so unrelenting that kikes are forced to shutdown all of their most profitable media sites, because they are just losing money.
Jonathan Adams
That would be a good end result but it won’t happen, Digging dirt on editors/owners of big media/news agencies and run online campaigns to show there dodgy cunts and pressure them into resigning is an option…
Lincoln Jones
If they ever start shutting sites like this down user, I hope Zig Forums and all the rest wage living hell upon their asses. DDoS all the mainstream media, the EU servers, hack their emails and dump everything, cause utter fucking chaos. Dox the bitches and send bomb threats their way with SWAT teams. Send them packages of dildos too. or better yet, maybe a dildo pipe bomb too If they hit these sites, I hope the hackers and tech savvy SOBs wage a fucking cyber war they'll forever live to regret.
Jaxon Walker
The US already passed FOSTA/SESTA that has similar effects, just not as extreme.
Caleb Cruz
t. CIANigger
Ethan Brown
important news bumparoo
Landon Morales
legit
Matthew Ramirez
rational news
Ryder Hernandez
This is the kind of real OPSEC that, although very inconvenient at times, will make it much more difficult to identify you: 8ch.net/prepare/res/22.html
I should have noted, perhaps I will at some point, that there is no such thing as 100% security. If someone with a lot of money, tools and resources wants to find you, then they can. The point of OPSEC is to make it as difficult as possible for your enemies (or perceived enemies).
Jace Sullivan
treu
Jayden Martinez
antislide152313251
Joseph Adams
actual
Asher Robinson
The European Parliament passed sweeping copyright legislation Wednesday that, much like its privacy regulations, could have impact far beyond Europe.
Critics argue that the most controversial part of the proposal will effectively force all but the smallest website operators to adopt "upload filters" similar to those used by YouTube, and apply them to all types of content, to stop users from uploading copyrighted works. That could pose problems, given how expensive such filters could be to develop, and the high likelihood of false positives.
The legislation will also require site owners to pay for displaying snippets of content. Critics have called this a "link tax," though links and search engine listings are exempted from the requirement.
The proposal “is likely to limit the sharing of online information,” Gus Rossi, global policy director at Public Knowledge, said in a statement. “Web services large and small might decide to implement the directive globally, which would diminish American users’ capacity to share memes, political satire, or news articles online.”
Proponents of the proposal say it's necessary to protect artists whose work is pirated online, as well as newspapers and journalists at risk of having their business models undermined by social media giants. "It’s a great day for the independent press and for democracy," a coalition for European publishers said in a statement.
The version of the legislation approved Wednesday in a 438 to 226 vote hasn't been released to the public yet, and the exact nature of the rules isn't established. The European Parliament still needs to negotiate a final version of the proposal with its co-legislator, the European Council. Then each EU member state will need to pass its own laws implementing the legislation.
Parliament rejected a previous version of the proposal in July. But EU Parliament member Julia Reda, a member of the Pirate Party Germany and a vocal opponent of the legislation, says the version approved Wednesday made "nothing but cosmetic changes" to the most controversial parts of the proposal. Reda called for the parliament and the council to modify the final version of the legislation to ensure that automated filters aren’t necessary.
Traditionally, internet users are liable for the content they upload to platforms like Facebook and YouTube, not the platforms themselves. Much as in the US, the platform isn't held liable for copyright infringement or other illegal content so long as a company removes that content quickly once notified. Article 13 of the new EU legislation changes that by holding platforms directly accountable for the content they host, with a few exceptions. That means publishing platforms like Medium and WordPress would be on the hook to make sure the text that users post doesn’t violate copyrights, and photo-sharing sites like Instagram would have to watch for copyrighted images. Previously published versions of the proposal, as well as proposed amendments, specify that small businesses are exempt from the rules, along with certain types of sites, such as open-source code-hosting platforms and free online encyclopedias.
Article 11 of the proposal, meanwhile, would mandate that sites such as Facebook and Twitter that share snippets of content either pay the publishers of that content or limit the text used in links to a few “individual words.”
Although published versions of the proposal don't explicitly require companies to adopt automatic filtering technology, critics argue that placing responsibility for policing content on platforms amounts to a de facto requirement for filters. Although the rules would only apply inside the EU, it's possible that companies would apply filters globally, just as some companies are complying with EU privacy regulations even outside of Europe.
Levi Harris
Earlier this year, more than 70 internet pioneers, including web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales signed an open letter opposing the proposal. The letter argues that automated filters are not reliable and that the internet could not have developed as it has if Article 13 had been in effect 25 years ago.
In a statement Wednesday, a Google spokesperson said, “People want access to quality news and creative content online. We’ve always said that more innovation and collaboration are the best way to achieve a sustainable future for the European news and creative sectors, and we’re committed to continued close partnership with these industries.” Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Even the best filtering systems are not perfect. YouTube has removed videos erroneously; in other cases, companies or individuals have used copyright takedown notices to silence critics.
LOOK FOR P2P AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHARE BANNED MEDIA: >>>/prepare/21
In the meantime people, especially in Europe, need to be backing everything they can up. From media to software to operating systems to whatever they want/need. Back it all up and have offline copies of it all.
Also, in the future you can use decentralized P2P platforms like Soulseek, Tribler and Shareaza to share files with other peers as well. These platforms cannot be regulated because there is no central server, and once you have the client you can access the decentralized networks.
Also P2P browsers like Beaker or Zeronet will likely have to be utilized in the near future too. This will help peers decentralize websites, where they can be stored and mirrored by other peers or by some kind of blockchain technology.
Angel Parker
absolute such news
Parker Thomas
Okay, but Zig Forums is pretty clearly complaining about the Article 13 censorship, and Zig Forums makes fun of free speech by calling it "freeze peach".
This I will never understand. Unite you god damn fools. How can both parties be so blindly engaged in war with each other when they have the very same enemy?
Owen Long
The problem is that Americans take the EU too seriously. It's not a robust political entity like the US, it's more like a miniature version of the UN which politicians can use to blame when people protest against their shitty plans. This filter may or may not be enforceable, but there is no way that the EU would be able to make it happen.
Cameron Murphy
Good!
Joseph Green
This 1000x and anything else you can think of, like KaZaa and Emule too. Whatever is decentralized and harder to take down, grab it and back it all up.
