EUROPE DOES IT AGAIN!...

[cmpan1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TY...em-uploademail

[pauland]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TY...em-uploademail

If they did it again, what did they do before?

You win the prize for the most backlinks on TG!

[handrawn]

and maybe for the most posts from a regular user with 'shouting' thread titles

I'll declare an interest here - I am all for, and active in, getting better protection for copyright

Sure this legislation has a lot of issues... but so does letting anyone copy anything they like, or say anything they like, [or for that matter pay next to no tax relative to income] - with freedom comes resposibility - Google/Facebook etc need to wake up to this

If they had done a whole lot more than they have been willing to do up to now it may have been different; still if this legislation forces them to do more, that will be good

[Chris M]

I do understand that there is a copyright problem, but I don't think it's as much a demon as it's made out to be. We Boomers need to have a better look at how GenX and the Millennials operate instead of passing laws based on our business experiences.

My son got his start by breaking (as of now) article 13 and just today I sent a joke to my sister in the UK that had a picture of a tub of Vanish stain remover on it. WhatsApp just broke the law...and, if I posted it here to show you the example TG could be fined. It strikes me as obvious that some of the laws in this bill were paid for by old business wanting to keep things in the past because they don't understand modern methods. It's more a distribution problem than a copyright problem.

Yes there's a problem. No I don't have an answer, but clearly neither do the law makers in Europe. Let's hope it goes the same route as the stupid law that passed here in Australia a few months ago. I can't remember what it was now, and neither can anyone else.

[Jonopen]

I’ve not watched the whole thing, but as an inhabitant of Europe I personally feel compelled to raise my hand. Opening with "Congratulations Europe, you've ruined the internet" combined with faux clapping and a forced grin says enough. (Who does he think owns the internet?). If this is all about harming freedom of expression, I can't really see that happening. Btw I believe the two articles referred to in the clip, have been renumbered to Article 15 and Article 17.

[Boy]

Isn't this at heart a matter of perspective? Those who hold copyrights are happy that these will be better protected again and those who have been using copyrighted materials for years now feel slighted?