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Here's one "call to action" image that's getting passed around on Twitter: https://twitter.com/abowersock/status/762829538535419904/photo/1 https://twitter.com/
by Analemma_ 10y ago
Here's one "call to action" image that's getting passed around on Twitter: https://twitter.com/abowersock/status/762829538535419904/photo/1 https://twitter.com/abowersock/status/762829538535419904/pho.... While it's filled with the usual scary language and colors, looking at the text of the agreement itself, the scary language and colors seem basically correct.
For instance, re: the first buillet, here's Article 18.82, 3 (b). If I'm reading it correctly, it is requiring all countries to adopt the US DMCA system of "ISPs must take down material upon rightsholder request, without a court order":
"... shall include a requirement for Internet Service Providers to expeditiously remove or disable access to material residing on their networks or systems upon obtaining actual knowledge of the copyright infringement or becoming aware of facts or circumstances from which the infringement is apparent, such as through receiving a notice of alleged infringement from the right holder or a person authorised to act on its behalf"
Verifying the rest of the bullet points is left as an exercise to the reader.
- Tomte 10y agoThat probably already exists in one way or another in many (most?) European countries, with variations and of course without the name "DMCA".