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Funny that we heard so much about net neutrality, but no one seems to care about copyright laws or GDPR.
by hartator 8y ago
Funny that we heard so much about net neutrality, but no one seems to care about copyright laws or GDPR.
- rarec 8y agoFunny how American dominated websites care more of American politics over European ones. To be glib about it, it also goes to show the demographics at work here. Even now, GDPR resulted in more of a pain for Europeans than Americans; it's quite common now to see comments about how this site is blocked in Europe or some bypass method to get to an article. This copyright law will very likely amount to the same deal, being a thorn in the side of Europeans but Americans couldn't care less.
- akerro 8y agoBecause most major websites are in US. I can totally see Google, Twitter and Yahoo making huge profit from that law. They host insane amount of contents, both text and multimedia. Someone will offer an API where EU services will be able to upload picture, video or text to get estimate if that content is copyrighted. Sounds like ContentID that YouTube already has. That's just another law that will export money and business from EU to US. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17195493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17195493
- miguelrochefort 8y agoThe government shouldn't regulate the Internet. Every time they try to regulate it, it's a complete nightmare. I'm sure they have very good intentions.