>You make operators of servers responsible for all the content they serve. >Would the Internet basically lose it's purpose? It would still be able to connect c

>You make operators of servers responsible for all the content they serve. >Would the Internet basically lose it's purpose? It would still be able to connect consumers to businesses. Yeah, it would connect consumers and businesses in the same way that TV connects consumers and businesses. If server operators are responsible for all of the content online then no server owner will allow ANY user-generated content. >They are forced to implement pre-moderation, or to disallow content from non-trusted sources. So, upload filters? People don't take kindly to being considered guilty into proven innocent. >The EU is already going down this path to better enforce copyright. There's a good reason why the EU has basically no large tech companies. I'm not sure being anti-technology like we are in Europe is a good idea in a world that's spurred on by technology. Also, P2P would basically break this kind of regulation. To fight against that you eventually need to ban encryption or require backdoors in them. You also need to criminalize encryption that's not state-sanctioned. That sounds like a hellscape to me.