European Union may pass law that could lead to this site being unusable

@Background Pony #10DD  
We’re not affiliated with FIMFiction or any other fandom site. You should ask Knighty if you’re concerned, but I gotta focus on Derpibooru.

Is it possible that people are fear-mongering?

@Background Pony #10DD  
Anything’s possible if you try hard enough and really put your mind to it.
 
You’re really getting off topic though. This proposed law, as written, does not appear to have any major impact on Derpibooru. Beyond that, in terms of how it’ll affect other sites or the internet in general, is not something I can answer for you.

@Blossomforth  
So Article 13 is truly a BIG blank?

@Background Pony #10DD  
You probably should consult with a legal professional if you’re that concerned about the proposed law.

I have a theory on why people are panicking  
1.The text is confusing  
2.People don’t know what will truly happen

@Blossomforth  
Do EU laws take forever to go into effect from what you know?

They voted for it. It now goes further with another vote sometime this fall. Much harder too stop. What now?

@silbasa  
Well, more people will know about it slowly over time, and thus more negative reactions to hopefully bring down this mess

@silbasa  
When exactly?

I only know this:
 
Torrenfreak
 
People dont understand what this is and they do not care. It has been extremely hard to get traction on this. I dont know what to do anymore. Sent them a ton of mails…

Imagine the awful YouTube algorithms. Put into use across the internet.  
That is the level of shit we are potentially dealing with here.
 
Politicians sheepishly voted for this stupid proposal.

I am genuinely scared now. Cant see how this will get enough traction to stop it. The EU drones vote everything in.

@Lord Seraph  
I hate Article 13 too, but let’s NOT fearmonger here and we should be calm, because being calm gives us a better chance of succeeding to defeat this messy eu proposal.

@silbasa  
I know you’re scared, but this still has a long way to go, which gives time for potential debates that could kill this article

@Background Pony #10DD  
Complacency is the worst enemy here. We have to remain alert. You cannot trust politicians with our freedoms.

 
After the resolution of upload filters and ancillary copyright in the EU parliament, there are hail of protests. However, GEMA sees its requirements fulfilled.
 
The EU Parliament’s Legal Committee’s “yes” to upload filters on online platforms for user-generated content and to a five-year ancillary copyright on the Internet has triggered a wave of criticism. The Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen (Federal Association of Consumer Centers) complains that the committee has “bowed to the pressure of the creative and publishing industries”. This would have “immense negative consequences on how we communicate with digital content”. Fearing “completely unclear liability rules”, many contents are likely to disappear from the Internet.
 
Instead of serious news, “Fake News” could spread even more easily on the Internet under these circumstances, fears the VZBV. It was particularly bitter that the parliamentarians did not provide for effective measures for users to “reappear on the platform” when content was wrongly deleted.
 
The German Digital Economy Association (BVDW) also warns of far-reaching effects on network culture and freedom of opinion on the Internet. In their opinion, the rules should - similar to the Network Enforcement Act in Germany - “lead to self-censorship ahead of time”. “The EU is thus massively interfering in the basic technical structure of the Internet and provoking a fundamental change in the values of Internet regulation,” adds the ECO Association of the Internet Economy. A “paradigm shift in the liability of providers” towards a “binding ex ante control and censorship infrastructure” would then follow.
 
A “complete failure” and a step backwards is what Digital Europe, the umbrella organisation, is about in the committee vote. MEPs not only restricted network freedoms, but also prevented a “significant and forward-looking solution for text and data mining”, which would have been essential for innovation and growth in the field of artificial intelligence.
 
“Upload filters are a means of control and censorship in authoritarian states and have no place in democracies,” states the data protection association Digitalcourage. It is negligent to restrict freedom of expression. The ancillary copyright was a lobby project of Axel Springer & Co. The civil rights campaigners see the users as being handicapped: “Anyone who enables access to free knowledge on the Internet, quotes, links, works creatively with texts, images, videos or audios will encounter problems. They have therefore launched an appeal against the core decisions.
 
The next decision will be taken by the EU Parliament in July. The Digitalcourage e.V. appeal to all German MEPs - No to upload filters! I have support their work with a donation of 100 €’s right now. I don’t know if it works, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

@DarkObsidian  
According to The Verge, The final vote is in December/January

@Background Pony #10DD
 
On 20 June 2018, the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs voted in favour of adopting Articles 11 and 13. The vote will then go to the European Parliament in July 2018, while a final vote is set for either December 2018 or January 2019.
 
Eeyup. But until it is presented to EU Parliament in July, it is possible to lodge complaints, formulate protests and mobilise appropriate MEPs. Better to try something now than to wait too long. At least that’s my attitude. The sooner the better.

@DarkObsidian  
The way they sheepishly votes to press on with it shows they have no fucking regards.

@Lord Seraph
 
(nod) My headcanon: A man in a black suit with a case full of money ensures immediate brain death for all politicians and bureaucrats involved. Oh, how beautiful the lobbiysm in these days. It is the death of democracy and leads into an era of a neo-fachistic police state.
 
Does anyone else wonder about parallels to various cyberpunk novels?
 

 
EU 2040.

@DarkObsidian  
Pretty much

@Lord Seraph  
That news is the same from June 20