EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’

Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by yasp on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:04AM (#17967623)

I wish the EU would, so that it stops damaging things for the rest of the planet. Eventually the costs of complying with the EU's decrees will get high enough where it will make more sense for companies to block European traffic than comply.

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by Keyframe on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:10AM (#17967667)

It's already happening. chicagotribune.com leads to http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/chicagotribune.com/ for example. Not sure what to think about that.

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by JohnTHaller on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:28AM (#17967823)

If (cost of providing content to EU visitors) > (revenue generated from separate non-personalized ad network for EU visitors) { turn off EU visitor access }

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by bloak on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:52AM (#17968058)

Nor me, but I would guess that blocking EU traffic is neither necessary nor sufficient for avoiding compliance with EU law. Not doing any business in the EU would seem to be a more obvious general solution.

For example, you may block EU traffic, but if you have a bank account in the EU, and if an EU citizen discovers somehow, perhaps while travelling abroad, that you are misusing their personal data...

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by aembleton on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:58AM (#17968102)

latimes.com does it too

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