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6 days until the EU votes on an extinction-level event for the internet
- maerF0x0 8y agoIt's not an extinction level event because, like the humans which create it, technology is extremely adaptable to changing circumstance. We'll probably see TOR / mesh network like solutions to tyranny .
- bootsz 8y ago> "the link tax" (users are banned from linking to news stories unless the site they're linking to has sold a "linking license" to the platform the users are on What the actual f...? Is this real life or an Onion article? Does anyone have any sense of how likely it is that this would actually pass? Do EU lawmakers know what a hyperlink actually is? To think, in my day the measure of success on the web was getting more people to link to your content...
- romwell 8y agoYup, and that measure determined your position in Google search results. I'll just get some popcorn.
- srtjstjsj 8y agoThe "link tax" appears to be a myth invented by the opposition to stoke the emotions of readers like you. The actual proposal is copyright over the content of articles, so that search engines and blogs couldn't (without a license) post content snippets that circumvent the publisher's website and monetize their own sites in its place. There are valid criticisms (chilling effects around needing a license before repeating or summarizing content), but they aren't the ones boingboing and friends are crowing about.
- bootsz 8y agoThat sounds much more plausible. Had a feeling this source was probably an exaggeration of the truth
- j16sdiz 8y agoImagine how less useful Google will be if it only show page titles? Lots of website have misleading title. Without a snippet in search result, I need to open each and every links on the search page.
- rixed 8y agoIf there were no snippet in Google search result page, then quickly it would become a feature of all web browser to display such snippet of each link on hover, though.
- King-Aaron 8y agometa name=”description” content=”why not just go back to how it used to be"
- paulddraper 8y agoIs there not an EU equivalent of US "fair use" law? It's hard to imagine a world in which you cannot quote short amounts of copyrighted material. For review, discussion, brief reference, etc.
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- raverbashing 8y agoThis headline is one of the reasons I don't take boing boing seriously anymore
- flukus 8y agoI could forgive the headline if TFA explained why it was so bad, but even after following several internal links I have no idea. It's kind of impressive how many words they can write without actually saying anything of note.
- jbb67 8y agoI don't get the hate for this. It mostly seems to be saying that if you publish stuff on the internet it's your responsibility to take reasonable steps to ensure that it's not stolen and that you actually have the right to publish it. This seems entirely reasonable to me.
- raverbashing 8y agoBecause there's no exception for parody and fair use. Because there's no penalties for falsely taking down content (like Sony taking down an amateur recording of Beethoven/Bach) It targets content sharing networks, it's not simply about "what you publish in your own website" and it makes the platforms liable, not who uploaded it.
- wemdyjreichert 8y agoWhy does Europe dislike American tech companies? Seems like they are want to file antitrust or try to regulate against American tech heavily.