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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by graeme on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:22AM (#17967772)
Will this affect the global internet, or will big sites simply make a reduced "european version" where some filtered content isn't shown in the EU but is shown in North America?
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by candiodari on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:01AM (#17968135)
The EU was furious when the large internet firms chose to have a reduced EU version and informed their customers the EU had forced them to remove stuff.

So they will do their very best to make it affect the global internet.

Given that all major powers want that, it'll happen. Maybe not right now, but it's coming. It would have happened a long time ago if it wasn't for the stroke of luck that these companies are in the US and the US government is protecting them (for now succesfully).

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by dr_teh on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:35AM (#17967899)
The European version will be the same thing when I try to go on a non-gdpr US site, a big banner that tells me to *$#^ off.
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