The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has been finalised

Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by wnkrshm on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @03:37PM (#19156730)

I'm living in Germany and I think they just switch it off and keep it that way until people are pissed off enough. This law is a work of pure lobbying for a dieing industry and the people responsible for it should be shamed by a proper public outcry.

Preserving a plurality of media and news outlets is important and I agree that something has to be done to protect an independent press - but it's not this. This law reads like 'to hell with consequences'. It's rather laws that actually protect journalists from legal consequences for reporting and that secure their sources that actually strengthen the press. But those have been crippled by the same parties for the benefit of 'security'.

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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by pjmlp on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @04:39PM (#19157310)

GEMA did not piss people enough apparently.

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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by zyx321 on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:57AM (#19160996)

GEMA pissed people off greatly, but the problem wasn't that GEMA is inherently corrupt and harmful (which it is, because it's structured around the needs of large labels in a way that hurts small independent artists). The problem there was that GEMA demanded more money than YouTube was willing/able to pay, there was no clear right or wrong side to it.

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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by raverbashing on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:10PM (#19157598)

Ah yes GEMA, where it looks like the employees of let's say, "security" organizations went for retirement

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