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With the European Parliament vote on the copyright directive, the internet lost – for now

The Parliament voted in favor of Article 13, which will essentially force online platforms to install expensive content filters to police user uploads and remove content if there’s any whiff of unauthorized sharing of copyrighted materials. The rule covers all types of content, from music to video to images. If platforms don’t take action, they assume liability for what their uses publish online. Upload filters will limit freedom of expression, as the technologies can’t tell the difference between copyright infringement and permitted uses of copyrighted works, such as memes shared as parody, or the incidental capture of an advertisement in the background of a selfie.

— source creativecommons.org | Sep 12, 2018

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/2018/meps-advance-article-13-of-eu-copyright-directive

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/today-europe-lost-internet-now-we-fight-back

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