Re:EU Council of Ministers Approves Copyright Directive
by ocdtrekkie on Monday April 15, 2019 @10:16AM
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Copyright holders want this to work (as a repeal of the directive would be a far, far worse scenario), and will likely be more than willing to work with anyone who aims to make it work.
Re:EU Council of Ministers Approves Copyright Directive
by riffraff on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @03:59AM
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well yeah, but do they want it bad enough that I can go to all of the licensers and tell them "give me all your content for a small cost so I can fingerprint it and build a content identifier" ?
Old businesses have shown time and again they are unable to understand what's good for them if it moves from the way it was always done (some, at least).
Anyway: the law will stay unclear for years, won't it?
This is a directive, which means each EU country will need to implement it through a local law, and then they will still be free to implement it the way they want it (unlike GDPR, which is a regulation).