What the heck is up with these idiots? Who decided to let some old farts who don't even know how to turn on their phone determine how the internet should work.
First they pretty much screw everything up with their new privacy requirements, now they are going to basically make it so search engines can't even link to half of the internet. Or won't.
EU approves controversial internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
The European Parliament has voted on changes to the Copyright Directive, a piece of legislation intended to update copyright for the internet age. In a session this morning, MEPs approved amended versions of the directive’s most controversial provisions: Articles 11 and 13, dubbed by critics as the “link tax” and “upload filter.”
Article 11 is intended to give publishers and newspapers a way to make money when companies like Google link to their stories, while Article 13 requires platforms like YouTube and Facebook to scan uploaded content to stop the unlicensed sharing of copyrighted material. Critics say these two provisions pose a dire threat to the free flow of information online, and will be open to abuse by copyright trolls and censors.
Basically what this means is that Google and other search engines would have to PAY a fee to link to copyrighted source, such as newspaper articles or photos, or music, or movies, etc. That means most likely the search engines will just not link to them. At least over in the EU. And since the Berne convention says everything is copyrighted unless specifically stated otherwise, that pretty much excludes everything. Search engines are providing a service to websites by driving traffic to them, they sure aren't going to PAY websites to index their content. And at the same time they are being told to filter OUT copyrighted information (which is everything)
A total mess is on its way.
First they pretty much screw everything up with their new privacy requirements, now they are going to basically make it so search engines can't even link to half of the internet. Or won't.
EU approves controversial internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
The European Parliament has voted on changes to the Copyright Directive, a piece of legislation intended to update copyright for the internet age. In a session this morning, MEPs approved amended versions of the directive’s most controversial provisions: Articles 11 and 13, dubbed by critics as the “link tax” and “upload filter.”
Article 11 is intended to give publishers and newspapers a way to make money when companies like Google link to their stories, while Article 13 requires platforms like YouTube and Facebook to scan uploaded content to stop the unlicensed sharing of copyrighted material. Critics say these two provisions pose a dire threat to the free flow of information online, and will be open to abuse by copyright trolls and censors.
Basically what this means is that Google and other search engines would have to PAY a fee to link to copyrighted source, such as newspaper articles or photos, or music, or movies, etc. That means most likely the search engines will just not link to them. At least over in the EU. And since the Berne convention says everything is copyrighted unless specifically stated otherwise, that pretty much excludes everything. Search engines are providing a service to websites by driving traffic to them, they sure aren't going to PAY websites to index their content. And at the same time they are being told to filter OUT copyrighted information (which is everything)
A total mess is on its way.
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