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EU Copyright (ACTA2) directive passes – 348 votes to 274
- philpem 8y ago26 March 2019, the Day the Internet Died.
- tomtompl 8y agoHope Brexit comes quickly
- phoe-krk 8y agoAlready discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19490869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19490869
- scotty79 8y agoI would really like to see now all of the major companies block Europe. Youtube, twitter, facebook, google. Just a total immediate blackout. I'm an European with self defeating tendencies.
- yulaow 8y agoIt won't happen, that market is too big. They'll just negotiate what they believe is a fair cut and move on with business.
- scotty79 8y agoYeah. And imagine how European politicians would spin this as global corporations blackmailing democracy.
- izacus 8y agoThose major companies have just won, because the directive codified their content filtering systems as mandatory. EU just effectively made competition significantly more expensive. Why the heck would they block the market that just made them easy monopolists?
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- flexie 8y agoLet them block the European market for a few hours or days and nothing will happen, except that they lose advertisement revenue. Let them block for months, and European competitors will emerge. But why on Earth would they do that? And why should they?
- scotty79 8y agoI think if you blocked Facebook, you'd have million people in Brussels tommorow making democracy very personal.
- MrGilbert 8y ago> Let them block for months, and European competitors will emerge. I don't think so. You don't build a second Twitter, Youtube or Facebook in "a couple of months". Plus, all of them would need to deal with GDPR and the copyright directive. So, despite the technical effort, there is also a huge legal effort.
- amyjess 8y agoThis makes me feel much better about the Brexit situation in the UK. A hard Brexit with no deal is now the best option.
- pmlnr 8y agoBecause obeying US internet laws is so much better.
- grenoire 8y agoI'm not sure if the British internet is any better... https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/13/17349910/uk-newsstands-porn-pass-age-verification-digital-economy-act-2017 https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/13/17349910/uk-newsstands-po...
- mreyman 8y agoSuing 10year old kinds singing songs on Youtube in 3, 2, 1...