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

Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by whizzkid on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:10AM (#17976885)

> However, if this law is upheld in court, then I think we can consider the EU a failed experiment

What an unexpected conclusion you are jumping into. I think EU is the only capable authority in the world so far who is not afraid to challenge big corporations in favour of people. (mobile charges, customer rights, Google, Intel, Telefonica, etc..)

I completely agree that there are big problems around EU when it comes to lobbyists around Brussels. In my personal opinion they should be banned from influencing EU decisions. But, just because there is an issue with the car, does not mean that we need to burn the car completely. Better option is to help fixing the car.

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by tomelders on Thursday September 13, 2018 @06:08AM (#17977359)

Any country that legislates against free speech ans freedom of expression with such a brutal and blunt law such as this should be considered a failed experiment.

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by JAlexoid on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:08PM (#17990522)

What? Taking my copyrighted work and publishing it is somehow a matter of freedom of speech and expression?

Do you also consider vandalism a form of freedom of expression?

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by _Tev on Saturday September 15, 2018 @07:45AM (#17993914)

Stop pretending this is only about "publishing copyrighted works"

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