EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Facebook

Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by wbxrs on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:57AM (#19217253)

The truth of the matter is that this woman said Mohammed was a paedophile for fucking a 9 year old (which is even correct according to the Quran). She was convicted in Austria for blasphemy. The EU said the conviction was correct.

This should be terrifying to anybody who supports free speech. The ECHR is supposed to be a human rights court but they are allowing member states to convict people for blasphemy.

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by raverbashing on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:28AM (#19217475)

As much as the Austrian conviction and this whole discussion about blasphemy and "religious freedom" makes me P.O., she was convicted of paying 500 Euros.

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by r_smart on Thursday February 21, 2019 @11:58AM (#19218262)

So her speech isn't free as in liberty or as in beer, eh?

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by raverbashing on Thursday February 21, 2019 @12:15PM (#19218422)

So, like Java?

I'd say the case was good to highlight the absurdity of it. And sometimes speaking your mind has a cost.

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by r_smart on Thursday February 21, 2019 @01:09PM (#19219042)

Let's not conflate fundamental rights with programming languages.

|And sometimes speaking your mind has a cost.

Wait, you think this was acceptable? The fine for speaking is outrageous, and it will only get worse if it turns out it's not enough of a deterrent.

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by raverbashing on Thursday February 21, 2019 @01:57PM (#19219546)

Let's just say there are worse ways of paying it and that speech in this website is limited as well

> Let's not conflate fundamental rights with programming languages

If you r_smart you should have noticed the jest in this statement

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by r_smart on Friday February 22, 2019 @07:41AM (#19224805)

|If you r_smart you should have noticed the jest in this statement

It's my name. I make no claims about my intellect :)

It didn't read like a joke to me, and rereading it as a joke, it seems like, at best, a quip. I stand by my previous sanctimonious tone.

edit: Oh, and lastly, a small curtailment on free speech is the first step to a large one. Why wait until it's illegal to complain?

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by wbxrs on Thursday February 21, 2019 @01:09PM (#19219045)

That's the point of free speech: the state shouldn't put a cost on speaking your mind.

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