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This has a fair bit more to do with protecting consumers rather than just sideloading.
Direct democracy in reality is people doing a mexican wave at a sports game.... anything more complex is doomed to failure!
Those articles 13 and 15 may also protect you from AI thieving all your work!
They didn't destroy the internet, but they did embolden the platforms at the cost of smaller players, who couldn't step up
Re: on Monday December 09, 2024 @01:10PM (#42368717)
article titled "Why No Amount of Public Money Will Buy a Euro-Amazon." The piece examines the challenges Europe faces in replicating the success of e-commerce giants like Amazon, despite potential public funding efforts. It discusses issues related to scale, market dynamics, consumer preferences, and the necessity for substantial investment in innovation.
Re: on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:16AM (#34804041)
The fuller process is described as:

Under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), if the Member State concerned does not comply with the reasoned opinion within the period laid down by the Commission, the latter may bring the matter before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Additionally, under Article 260(3) TFEU, the Commission can call on the Court of Justice of the EU to impose financial sanctions on the Member States that failed to fulfil their obligation to notify measures transposing a legislative directive

Re: on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:14AM (#34804005)
Good point.
This is not new, Google alone spent $30 on lobbying against the CopyrightDirective in 2019.

See here https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1518004597335506944

Re:Today might be D-Day for the Digital Services Act on Friday April 22, 2022 @09:49PM (#31130610)
It's a done deal, and includes the following

  https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1517664736665645057
Re: on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:06PM (#30668130)
Room for a family - this is the home offered.
Re:Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:08PM (#28291787)
See also an interview with the MEP leading the changes https://www.netopia.eu/digital-services-act-mep-saliba/
Simple for GitHub to understand:

"and/or GitHub’s Terms of Service, which prohibit use of your facilities for copyright infringement, see https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service. "

Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @06:22PM (#25436785)
Excellent comment, and fully agree with that.

With freedom comes responsibility and so forth. One persons freedom should not remove another's - which is what the platforms are doing.

The EU are ready to act https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1338879633392070656

Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:09PM (#24890950)
The internet is not a parallel universe. Of course, if you are in one country and your country has not trade with country B, then you adhere to those rules. There are many examples of this, not just in the sanction sense.

People getting pissed. Seriously, this is macro economics!

This was not a copyright claim, the tools that were being hosted in one place (Github) allowed widespread infringement. The tool is not banned. Like cameras are not banned. It's a stupid comparison.
If your image if your income, having it defamed via a deep fake or the image rights, aka copyright is only fair. Can't understand why anyone would not back a creator. So many on here are themselves working to create a unique creation that they can live off of.
Re:Privacy-friendly alternatives to Google on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @07:01PM (#20219299)
If you own a telephone you are stuffed, google will get you. Your friends have you in their contacts - that's it. You are done for.
AFTER 10 YEARS THOUGH.... Pirate Party Founder Calls For Legalization Of Child Pornography Possession

https://www.businessinsider.com/pirate-party-rick-falkvinge-...

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