The Bling 12,253 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Articles 11 and 13 have been approved by the European Union today. Article 11 will make internet companies pay for the ability to have a hyperlink with the name of the article in it and Article 13 will make any content such as photos, fanfics, video edits, reaction videos and others copyrighted and unavalaible in the European Union, threatening independent creators. Even sites like Google could get censored. The vote was always received with thunderous applause and cheers by the EU members, and the Internet is not happy about it. Luckily, it's not over yet. There will be several behind-closed doors reunions between EU politics and EU member states and there will be a final vote in January 2019 that will decide the future of the Internet as we know it. A few news/articles on the approval/sources: https://musically.com/2018/09/12/article-13-approved-by-european-parliament-by-438-votes-to-226/ https://www.influencerupdate.biz/news/67551/eu-votes-in-favour-of-article-13-which-could-mean-bad-things-for-content-creators/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/12/eu-lawmakers-pass-controversial-digital-copyright-law.html https://www.google.com/search?q=wired+article+13&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-ab (some of these mention memes being banned, but the bill has been updated to exclude to exclude ironic content) Sigmund Freud, analyze this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaye Monster 8,809 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 The UK needs to get its ass out of the EU ASAP. Mess. I'm an ARTPOP bitch, baby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
053Timo 1,698 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 This is crazy... such a shame tho! We're Europe, not Trump('s America). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eighteen 5,430 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 hm, this sounds kind of scary. you can't read fanfic anymore? wtf? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katharine Hepburn 4,607 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Come to London we have fanfics xoxo Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,899 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Well, well (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, 053Timo said: This is crazy... such a shame tho! We're Europe, not Trump('s America). Most of the social media censorship in the U.S is done to conservative figures due to these companies being largely liberal. Here, Europe IS the hallmark of needless censorship and banning that we're trying NOT to reach the level of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,072 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, Chic said: Most of the social media censorship in the U.S is done to conservative figures due to these companies being largely liberal. Here, Europe IS the hallmark of needless censorship and banning that we're trying NOT to reach the level of. I guess it depends what kind of censorship ur talking about Just sayin, When I lived in Portugal as a kid you know in 2001 I'd see soap operas in day time television showing nudity here in Canada even at night they will censor now in 2018 I remember when I visit Portugal movies rated R here in Canada sometimes are like 14+ there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelusionalGaga 29,734 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Why does it sound like something coming from German politicians, imposed on all of the EU? Well, I wish them good luck going through fanfics and looking for copyrighted content Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,589 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Suddenly I’m pro brexit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 39 minutes ago, Economy said: I guess it depends what kind of censorship ur talking about Just sayin, When I lived in Portugal as a kid you know in 2001 I'd see soap operas in day time television showing nudity here in Canada even at night they will censor now in 2018 I remember when I visit Portugal movies rated R here in Canada sometimes are like 14+ there Nudity is definitely more of an American/Canadian censorship trope, but political censorship of conservative social media moguls is common here. Liberal censorship doesn't really exist at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 11 minutes ago, Wigless said: Suddenly I’m pro brexit. loool came here to say this https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taide 5,789 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I-.. So what does it mean? I can't search from Google anymore or to be able to listen to music from Spotify/YT? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,524 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I hope Google and big companies will black out their websites in Brussels until January 19, let's see how those cavemen politicians will survive without the internet So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggyZiggs 30,067 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 ufg ****ing why?? what does this mean for us? like we can't watch certain videos? the internet is supposed to be free tf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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