As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.
Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
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This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2
Here is how to contact your MEPs.
Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.
Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care.
“I had a nap earlier while he was asleep.” Not that half an hour counted for much. Generals didn’t care much about babies sleeping or how much their mothers needed to sleep either. A messenger had arrived with the news the capital had finally fallen to the combined forces of the Lannisters and Starks. The men’s celebrating had been enough to wake Robb- and he’d refused to go back to sleep ever since.
“You’d do well to write your husband as well. If King’s Landing has fallen the war’s bound to be done with; they’ll be calling for us soon enough.” Cat wasn’t exactly elated at the prospect of leaving her sisters or Edmure but the prospect of being able to actually leave the castle was a good one. The furthest she’d ventured since the wedding had been the godswood- a rebel lord’s wife was far to appealing a prize for the royalist supporters; none of them had been allowed outside the castle since the news of Brandon and Lord Stark’s deaths. Technically, they’d been royalists until the deal had been struck with Eddard and Lord Arryan but even then… “They’ll all be coming home soon.”
“A half an hour nap, which isn’t that much Catelyn, and you barely sleep! Lysa should honestly be taking more on, seeing as she herself is to be a Lady of a Great House.” Carlotta replied softly as she gently bounced Robb whilst walking.
She sighed near breathlessly at her sister’s words, Edward had decided to take some of the Tyrell men who journeyed with him to fight at Eddard’s side as newly made good-brothers. “I write to him as oft as I can... Mostly in response to his own letters.” she replied before the brunette haired sister spoke again, “I admit to some trepidation to leaving you all, our boys have been so close.” she sighed as she looked at her Edwyn, sleeping so peacefully in his crib near to his aunt Catelyn. “I do so hope to have Edward see his son... I hope he is pleased.”
“And yet my Edwyn is already asleep, and you have been up for far too long, Cat.” Carlotta sighed as she gently cradled her nephew in her arms, her hair already in a braid what with Edwyn liking to play with it as he fed.
It was ironic how they were twins (beyond her hair being brown instead of auburn) and they had been wed the same day (Catelyn to Lord Eddard of the North and she to Lord Edward of the South) but also gave birth to sons the same day, near enough to the same moment. And yet here was Cat, as usual, trying to do everything.
❝Let the kings of winter have their cold crypt under the earth. The Tullys drew their strength from the river, and it was to the river they returned when their lives had run their course.❞
❛ you’ve had this since dawn ? ❜
❛ he sent it to me not you . ive only show it to you as a courtesy . ❜
❛ a courtesy ?! my husband has been taken prisoner , my son intends to declare a war . ❜
❛ a war ? your son against the lannisters ? you should go to him . teach him patience . ❜
❛ ned rots in a dungeon & you speak of patience ? he is your brother by law ! does family mean nothing to you ? ❜
Templars were always incoming, especially green ones, they all had to spend some time in a Circle before they could even move to be with a Chantry. Mind she could swear they were getting younger and younger, mind Carlotta had been at Kinloch Hold since she was a girl of 6, after leaving Tantervale amicably enough via her great-uncle with the choice of which Circle to go to.
“You’re new, aren’t you?” she asked the curly-haired young man, brushing back her mess of wild, frizzy curls as best as the young Apprentice could without dipping into some of her magic or at least some of the hair lotion that another Apprentice used.
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