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I'm living in Germany and I think they just switch it off and keep it that way until people are pissed off enough. This law is a work of pure lobbying for a die
by wnkrshm 8y ago
I'm living in Germany and I think they just switch it off and keep it that way until people are pissed off enough. This law is a work of pure lobbying for a dieing industry and the people responsible for it should be shamed by a proper public outcry.
Preserving a plurality of media and news outlets is important and I agree that something has to be done to protect an independent press - but it's not this. This law reads like 'to hell with consequences'. It's rather laws that actually protect journalists from legal consequences for reporting and that secure their sources that actually strengthen the press. But those have been crippled by the same parties for the benefit of 'security'.
- pjmlp 8y agoGEMA did not piss people enough apparently.
- raverbashing 8y agoAh yes GEMA, where it looks like the employees of let's say, "security" organizations went for retirement
- zyx321 8y agoGEMA pissed people off greatly, but the problem wasn't that GEMA is inherently corrupt and harmful (which it is, because it's structured around the needs of large labels in a way that hurts small independent artists). The problem there was that GEMA demanded more money than YouTube was willing/able to pay, there was no clear right or wrong side to it.