Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copyright law

Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by dv_dt on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:24PM (#17452018)

There must be more than blaming lobbyists for things one person doesn't like, but then being ok with governance changes that one does support. These copyright policies do seem to have problems, but the GPDR came through the same (similar?) process and privacy advocates seem happy about.

What would make it a better process for trading off openness to needed change vs changes under the radar vs stagnation where nothing changes?

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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by laingc on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @03:58PM (#17453190)

Anecdotal evidence only, but I don’t know any privacy lawyers, in-house counsel, or other knowledgeable people who think the GDPR is a good law. It is an extremely ill-conceived EU regulation, and is a good example of exactly the kind of unaccountable lawmaking that the EU’s structure enables.

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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by dv_dt on Thursday July 05, 2018 @01:36PM (#17465161)

So are there proposals to change or fix the process?

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