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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by dingaling on Thursday February 14, 2019 @06:38AM (#19161141)
> where every individual person can contribute then you need safe harbor.

Where every individual can contribute to centralised services

If we had a personally-hosted, contributor-is-owner Internet then there would be no need for 'safe harbor'. You could post all the Harry Potter content to your own website and when it was taken offline no-one else would be affected.

Safe harbor is a magnificent tool for centralising power. Little wonder that the big corps love it.

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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by wvenable on Thursday February 14, 2019 @12:12PM (#19163586)
You have to host your content somewhere. On my own dedicated servers I've personally been hit with requests to remove content that were sent directly to my data center.

So you're just wrong about no need for no 'safe harbor' for personally-hosted Internet. You always have to host somewhere or get your connection from someone. And that if that someone isn't as safe harbor they will filter or block you.

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