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You shouldn't be surprised. It's not like the UK is taking a substantially different position on copyrights, and many UK consumers do welcome the protections af
by fauigerzigerk 8y ago
You shouldn't be surprised. It's not like the UK is taking a substantially different position on copyrights, and many UK consumers do welcome the protections afforded by GDPR.
The Labour MEP on the legal affairs committee voted in favor of the copyright directive. The conservative member abstained.
- digi_owl 8y agoBest i can tell, copyright is a topic that allows up and comping politicians to virtue signal and/or for the economic powers that be to test the allegiance of rising political stars. It is also a dry subject that most people don't care about until they get a sour letter from some lawyer because Timmy discovered bittorrent.
- fauigerzigerk 8y agoIt is a dry subject, but make no mistake, this is not just a pet subject of individual MPs/MEPs. The "value gap" argument used to justify the EU copyright directive is right there in the 2017 Labour manifesto: https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/labour-manifesto-2017.pdf https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/labour-mani... The conservatives have used similar but more general language as well.