I donât want to disappear without a forewarning.
As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.Â
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.Â
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.Â
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.Â
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.Â
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This doesnât 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 doesnât 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 BakerâŠ) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
âAs 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. [âŠ] 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.â
Here is the original Article 13. Itâs even scarier. / Link 2Â
Here is how to contact your MEPs.Â
Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.
Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesnât seem to care.Â
The FCC sided with Comcast and decided to let ISPs censor the internet. The Internet needs to stop this from happening: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/tellfcc/
Last Wednesday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a proposal for new rules that would allow for a â fast laneâ of Internet traffic for content providers who are willing (and able) to pay a fee. [1] The proposal reverses the FCCâs previous commitment to net neutrality and open internet and allows ISPâs like Comcast or Verizon to slow down and censor services that donât pay the toll.
We have to be totally honest, this situation is seriously grim. But there is still hope. The FCC already knows that the Internet community wants net neutrality, but they think they can put their spin on these new rules and sneak them through. If we can prove them wrong right now with a massive public outcry, we can literally save the Internet once again.
We need to stop the FCC now. Big business groups are already ramping up lobbying efforts with the FCC in swarms since Wednesdayâs announcement in support of censoring the open Internet and to ensure this dangerous proposal moves forward. [2]
This is a critical moment. In the last few weeks more than 65,000 people have taken action with us. Can you help us get to 80,000 by the end of the day today?
[1] Gautham Nagesh. âFCC to Propose New âNet Neutralityâ Rulesâ.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304518704579519963416350296
[2] Edward Wyatt. Edward Wyatt. âLobbying Efforts Intensify After F.C.C. Tries 3rd Time on Net Neutralityâ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/business/lobbying-efforts-intensify-after-fcc-tries-3rd-time-on-net-neutrality.html?hpw&rref=politics
I try to keep the things I reblog as blog/mun-centric as possible, but this is something I just canât let slide.
Iâve been following this cause since last year. Iâve signed petitions, Iâve called representatives, Iâve been to protests, the whole nine yards.
This right here? This is not a joke. This is seriously happening, guys.
Remember the Wikipedia shutdown? That was to protest this right here. If you havenât taken action against this yet, frankly, what is wrong with you? If this doesnât get stopped, weâre going to lose the thing that brings us all together unless we shell out huge sums of cash to these corrupt bastards.
A commissioner tells Slate that the FCC needs to hold public hearings.
This is something that is very important to pay attention to, and if you are an American I implore you to do everything that you can! Contact your representatives, research your ISPs, and keep a vigilant eye on this! The FCC is likely to make this ruling close to Thanksgiving in an attempt to squeak it by without anyone noticing.
Net neutrality is the reason why you can visit any website confidently. Itâs why you donât have to pay a premium to be able to access YouTube. Itâs why you donât have the internet bundled into different packages like TV is.
If they remove net neutrality protections, then there is no benefit to the consumer. Put simply, your ISP could choose to charge you more in order to visit specific sites, and not every town in the United States has the option to switch to a new ISP because some ISPs hold a monopoly in some areas.
This is what the internet looks like without net neutrality:
Theyâre trying to fatigue public resistance by trying to repeal net neutrality as often as possible. We have to stay vigilant. Motivate yourself by assuming no one else is calling/writing. Donât assume other people will do it.
Jimmy was walking around when he is noticed by a blonde male who is asking for help in retrieving something. "Is there any reason for me to do it?" Jimmy asked the male.
âSorry, but I donât any money in the countryâs currency.â Jimmy apologized to young girl who approached him for help. âIâm just a foreigner.â
The world wonât get serious about this unless a post goes viral and thatâs sad af You rather talk about a vine video or popular culture ok thatâs fine and all but thereâs a cure for HIV/Aids and america is lying There is a cure for HIV/Aids and no one will spread the news for those who are diagnosed with it, so that THE WORLD COULD WAKE TF UP There is hope for those who have been diagnosed with a disease that may have given them 20 or so years to live For the first time in the history of the world thereâs is a possible preventative cure for one of the most deadliest viral diseases
The problem with HIV is that this virus is extremely fast in evolving and that means it becomes resistant to a certain temporary cure in a brief time.
That said, if this man really found out a cure for this contemporary HIV version of the virus IT IS VITAL TO SPREAD IT NOW as the virus changes VERY QUICKLY
âI wouldâve did so if you hadnât notice me first.â One of the things that Jimmy knows about being unnoticed is that you donât attract any unwanted attention to yourself.
Iâve hadnât been active on this blog for a past few months and I feel that it could be the end of this blog because I hardly have any muse for the pending replies and I donât respond to starters that were made for me.
On the other hand, I feel that I still have some things left to explore about Jimmy and interactions with other muses. Iâm thinking of either deleting this blog or drop all threads I have and start over with Jimmy.
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'This wasn't the night that I had in mind.' Jimmy mused briefly as he leans against the wall with the front entrance to his left. He hoped for a quiet night, but a fight between two people soon escalated into a bar brawl which involved everyone in the bar and it went on for a while until most people are either unconscious or got out of the bar to avoid the fight.
Jimmy is one of the few people who is left standing after the brawl ended and it is one of the few nights where he gotten trouble instead peace.
It was a very heavy crowd right now. there was something that h e cannot get through, wasnât that easy. he have got push by a person a bit. it was a shoving long day.Â
After he got off to the crowd, he suddenly sees a man, sitting along in the wall. he looks very lonely for the moment. Could he speck with him for a little while? Just a talk face to face? Hes not sure if its a god idea approaching to him. after he reach a little there he was.
"JustâŠ.what are you doing alone there?" He asked him."Why aren't  you not with like âŠâŠ.anybody?" he added once again.
The grim scenery reminds him of the city that holds great significance to him which held many memories whether it is good or bad; From his first arrival to his meeting with his younger brother at Marian's grave, Sunshine City is a place which he considers as his home.
Before any more thoughts enter his mind, he hears someone inquiring  him about his solitude and it snaps him out of his thoughts. "Because I prefer to be alone." Jimmy spoke curtly as looked at the young man who asked about his isolation from the crowd. "And what are you doing here?"
((Muse is being really fickle and it one of the reasons why I took an unexplained semi-hiatus and I'm really sorry for it. I haven't forgotten who I owe,but my mind tends to wander too much.))
