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From the viewpoint of regulations on business: - GDPR (Facebook/Google) - Article 11 (Reddit) - Article 13 (Github) - Mandated EU Content on streaming provi
by no1youknowz 8y ago
From the viewpoint of regulations on business:
- GDPR (Facebook/Google)
- Article 11 (Reddit)
- Article 13 (Github)
- Mandated EU Content on streaming providers (Netflix)
- EU Internet sales tax (Amazon)
The simple question begs: how many more regulations aimed at US companies are coming?
At this rate, the more regulations are created at fighting US companies. The number of internet startups and business located in the EU will one day cycle downward to zero.
What are they going to do next?
- pjc50 8y ago> EU Internet sales tax (Amazon) This is the proposal that Amazon should pay tax where the goods are sold, rather than hiding it in Luxembourg?
- Y_Y 8y agoWell if they only cycle to zero then they'll just come back up again just as fast, so that seems not so bad. Article 13 is hardly an attack on Github, even if it may affect them. The EU loves US money and tech, and is happy to keep it (it seems it's happy to stay too). I'm totally against this proposal, but not because of anti-regulation dogma. That's rightly unpopular in prosperous and socialist Europe.
- klmr 8y agoArt 13 isn’t a EU vs US thing. It‘s a digital vs analog thing (or, more precisely, old-style copyright holders vs young content creators).
- jotm 8y agoIt's a carebear legislation aimed at protecting imbecile content creators who can't be bothered with at least trying to run it like a real business. Why not let people figure it out and deal with it on their own, ffs
- frockington 8y agoIf you can't generate your own innovation and revenue you have to steal it from somewhere. It'll be interesting to see how much longer the EU consumer can stay relevant before they fade into a tertiary market