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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by Aaargh20318 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:40AM (#19492255)
> A big part of the problem is that there is no single entity that defends the citizens interest in this instance.

Isn't the European Parliament supposed to be this entity ?

The real problem is that if you have a single entity, then that entity can easily be corrupted by those who have the means to (read: money). This problem is unsolvable because those who have or profit from this power are also the people who get to decide if we want to do something about it.

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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by fs2 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @11:16AM (#19492611)
There is really no way for them to "spin" this into something positive for the people, because everyone can clearly see their ignorance and contempt for common people through legislation like this. It is fundamentally corrupt and should be abolished asap
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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by toyg on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @12:43PM (#19493487)
> no way for them to "spin" this into something positive for the people

I guess traditional content producers are not people, then.

It's a complex world.

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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by ameister14 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @01:41PM (#19494190)
they are people, they are not the people.
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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by Aaargh20318 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:56AM (#19499053)
> I guess traditional content producers are not people, then.

No, corporations aren’t people.

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