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

Look at this too:  
https://mobile.twitter.com/ProstasiaInc/status/1169362019071537154

As expected, France is first up to bat:  
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/capitals-special-edition-the-copyright-directive/
 
This is the moment of truth, the backlash that rises from this will determine how other EU member states choose to implement this.

@CaptainXtra  
Keep in mind, One tech expert said today responding to Politico.EU said that the implementation of A15 will be this October, But A17 is coming next year.

@CaptainXtra  
And in the article that mentioned Google refusing to pay journalists, It mentioned the October 24 date with no mention of A17.

The Directive may expand in scope:  
https://www.thetrumpet.com/21381-eu-grabs-power-to-police-speech-beyond-its-borders
 
A less fanatical take:  
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/03/zuckerberg-vs-ecj/

Commission holding meeting on Directive on Oct 15:  
https://www.deviantart.com/memeahoy/journal/Good-News-About-Article-13-816649250

Next Copyright Dialogue will be on November 5th:  
https://mobile.twitter.com/LauKaya/status/1184019684028506114

@CaptainXtra  
Okay

Ah man, from what I’ve heard the CASE Act is still going:  
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/that-meme-you-shared-it-may-soon-cost-you-5000/

So the TERREG negotiations start today:  
https://mobile.twitter.com/uploadfilter/status/1184839521478815745
 
(Click translate tweet although the article itself isn’t in English).
 
I don’t expect this site to be threatened but you may want to check and see if any other site you like might be in trouble.

So the final text of the Directive approved by the council has these exemption provisions:  
Quotation  
Criticism  
Review  
Caricature  
Parody (Including Memes)  
Pastiche
 
So it’s better than how it started off to some extent but there’s still the worry of how accurate the Upload Filters will be at distinguishing those from legitimate piracy.
 
Because Filters aren’t known for being good at identifying context.

Macron is angry at Google for not paying the snippet.
 
Update:  
If appears that Google seems to have displayed content which hasn’t had the link tax paid for yet that’s causing backlash from Macron.

@CaptainXtra  
Yup  
Awful human being.

 
Wanted to share this funny and depressing image.

New Stakeholder Dialogue Dates announced:  
November 25th and December 16th are the dates.

Summary of the previous stakeholder dialogue:  
It’s all about the filters.

Statement on User Rights by Scholars:  
Please read and share.

Apparently EU Governments wants upload filtering for Private Messages:  
You can’t make this shit up.

@CaptainXtra  
So much for wanting to “protect user privacy” when they introduce the “right to be forgotten” law.

Stakeholder Dialogue to resume on November 25th.
 
I’d advise you to follow accounts like this one:  
https://mobile.twitter.com/communia_eu
 
They’re the most likely to have info on the matter ASAP.

Ah UK, you’re just making Brexit look more and more redundant by the day:  
The Copyright Directive will survive Britain leaving the EU if it comes to that.

…Everything was working fine, no one complained before. Why did they even felt like it was a good idea to find something, and decide to think «We should make a law to regulate and ban this or that, because it’s about digital, new technologies, it sounds modern and advanced… Technology is complicated, let’s just do something.»
 
We’re ruled by technocrats who just want to remind all, from times to times, that they’re here, they’re the bosses.

@Patachu  
And it’s our duty as people to fight back.