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I see this as them mainly attempting to create a moat around the European internet, to create a space for European companies to have a competitive advantage. Th
by sgc 8y ago
I see this as them mainly attempting to create a moat around the European internet, to create a space for European companies to have a competitive advantage. This seems to have been a trend over the last 20 years I have been observing at least. The goal is simply to make things difficult enough that is is far less worth someone's time unless Europe is their primary market. Unfortunately all Europeans wind up paying a heavy price for this mentality when it is applied to extremes, especially since it will still be only large companies that will have the resources to actually adhere to the law enough to avoid incredible risk of exposure.
In other words, I think the motivations here have very little to do with author's rights and everything to do with lobbying for European business.
- buboard 8y ago> for European companies to have a competitive advantage That moat is so big that even EU companies can't cross it. Our hands are tied even more than foreign companies.
- sgc 8y agoThe context seems to be substantially changed by the size of fines that the EU has historically given out to foreign companies. But yes, I think you are right and the intended goal will be a wide miss.
- scarejunba 8y agoI suspect it will disadvantage EU companies. Is the EU going to go after Chinese companies that violate? China will not yield. Is the EU going to go after member nation companies? Yeah, probably, if it wants legislation to have teeth.