The EU Copyright Directive is considering updates to legislation regarding digital copyrights. Some of the wording proposed would be damaging to many internet sites (including this one) hosting user generated content and/or providing links to external content.
For a video describing some of the proposed articles:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYU77Qqvy-U
A Blog post by Wikimedia Foundation, the group which runs Wikipedia:
View: https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321
TechCrunch Article:
Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the 'vibrant free web'
If you are in the EU please take a moment to review these proposed changes and if you wish voice your concern via:
#SaveYourInternet - Stop the #censorshipmachine
Fix copyright - Wikimedia Foundation
The actual legislation: EUR-Lex - 52016PC0593 - EN - EUR-Lex
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-david
For a video describing some of the proposed articles:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYU77Qqvy-U
A Blog post by Wikimedia Foundation, the group which runs Wikipedia:
View: https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321
TechCrunch Article:
Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the 'vibrant free web'
If you are in the EU please take a moment to review these proposed changes and if you wish voice your concern via:
#SaveYourInternet - Stop the #censorshipmachine
Fix copyright - Wikimedia Foundation
The actual legislation: EUR-Lex - 52016PC0593 - EN - EUR-Lex
br
-david
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