German Fanfiction readers!!
Y'all might have heard about the EU's article 13, you know, the one that's supposed to adapt rules about copyright and ownership to the 21st century but actually turned into a load of bullshit and facilitates big tech with their big money that comes from not paying taxes? Yeah, that one.
It's currently going through the process of being adapted and entered into german law and there's a passage in there that could impact us fanfiction writers on Ao3 and other noncommercial sites by ruling they need to pay copyright fees so that work can be uploaded (Vergütungspflicht für Karikatur, Parodie und Pastiche).
My legal speak is not the greatest, there's another point to this, BUT it's explained in an understandable way in the petition to the Bundestag by the OTW.
Please sign the petition. I don't want to make another facebook account in order to be able to post stuff.
Rechtssicherheit für Fanfiction in der Urheberrechtsreform
Thank you.
