The EU's Copyright Proposal Is Extremely Bad News for Everyone, Even Wikipedia

Re:The EU's Copyright Proposal Is Extremely Bad News for Eve... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Thursday June 07, 2018 @08:02PM (#17261461)

> and would consent to sharing anything with them if it's a prerequisite to participate in the platform.

It has to be freely given consent, so it cannot be a prerequisite.

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Re:The EU's Copyright Proposal Is Extremely Bad News for Eve... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:09PM (#17261774)

Facebook has armies of lawyers and lobbyists dealing with this ambiguity in each of the EU’s twenty-eight capitals.

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Re:The EU's Copyright Proposal Is Extremely Bad News for Eve... by 20after4 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:13PM (#17261796)

You are free to not use Facebook.

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Re:The EU's Copyright Proposal Is Extremely Bad News for Eve... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:03AM (#17262714)

And I am free to use Facebook and not consent. Your point being?

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