Not sure how I feel about this.

Universities and Science Minister Chris Skidmore has said that the UK will not implement the EU Copyright Directive after the country leaves the EU.

Several companies have criticised the law, which would hold them accountable for not removing copyrighted content uploaded by users, if it is passed.

EU member states have until 7 June 2021 to implement the new reforms, but the UK will have left the EU by then.

The UK was among 19 nations which initially supported the law.

That was in its final European Council vote in April 2019.

Article 13 is the part of the EU Copyright Directive that covers how "online content-sharing services" should deal with copyright-protected content, such as television programmes and movies.

It refers to services that primarily exist to give the public access to "protected works or other protected subject-matter uploaded by its users", such as Soundcloud, Dailymotion and YouTube.

Copyright is the legal right that allows an artist to protect how their original work is used.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticised the law in March, claiming that it was "terrible for the internet".

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51240785

It looks like once the UK is no longer a member of the EU, they will be in favor of pirating and even less likely to hold large corps responsible for enabling law violations. C'est toujours la meme chose, I guess.

This looks like Europe is trying to one-up the DMCA. It is a piece made to order for the content megacorps but does to almost nothing to improve the lot of the actual authors.

https://juliareda.eu/2019/02/eu-copyright-final-text/ (via https://cdt.org/insights/why-the-eu-copyright-directive-is-a-threat-to-fair-use/)

All platforms providing means for the great unwashed to upload content will have to either obtain licenses to any material posted, or implement automatic filters. But:

Should a court ever find their licensing or filtering efforts not fierce enough, sites are directly liable for infringements as if they had committed them themselves.

So anything that is currently covered under fair use is more than likely to go out with the true pirated materials.

Found something interesting in the news?

Reproducing more than “single words or very short extracts” of news stories will require a licence. That will likely cover many of the snippets commonly shown alongside links today in order to give you an idea of what they lead to.

So what I just did here may already be considered in violation of the directive.

Post #432,337 by mmoffitt 1/24/20 12:39:38 PM 1/24/20 12:39:38 PM Reply	Not sure how I feel about this. Universities and Science Minister Chris Skidmore has said that the UK will not implement the EU Copyright Directive after the country leaves the EU. Several companies have criticised the law, which would hold them accountable for not removing copyrighted content uploaded by users, if it is passed. EU member states have until 7 June 2021 to implement the new reforms, but the UK will have left the EU by then. The UK was among 19 nations which initially supported the law. That was in its final European Council vote in April 2019. Article 13 is the part of the EU Copyright Directive that covers how "online content-sharing services" should deal with copyright-protected content, such as television programmes and movies. It refers to services that primarily exist to give the public access to "protected works or other protected subject-matter uploaded by its users", such as Soundcloud, Dailymotion and YouTube. Copyright is the legal right that allows an artist to protect how their original work is used. Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticised the law in March, claiming that it was "terrible for the internet". https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51240785 It looks like once the UK is no longer a member of the EU, they will be in favor of pirating and even less likely to hold large corps responsible for enabling law violations. C'est toujours la meme chose, I guess. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #432,342 by scoenye 1/24/20 9:34:18 PM 1/24/20 9:34:18 PM Reply	They may be on the right side of this one This looks like Europe is trying to one-up the DMCA. It is a piece made to order for the content megacorps but does to almost nothing to improve the lot of the actual authors. https://juliareda.eu/2019/02/eu-copyright-final-text/ (via https://cdt.org/insights/why-the-eu-copyright-directive-is-a-threat-to-fair-use/) All platforms providing means for the great unwashed to upload content will have to either obtain licenses to any material posted, or implement automatic filters. But: Should a court ever find their licensing or filtering efforts not fierce enough, sites are directly liable for infringements as if they had committed them themselves. So anything that is currently covered under fair use is more than likely to go out with the true pirated materials. Found something interesting in the news? Reproducing more than “single words or very short extracts” of news stories will require a licence. That will likely cover many of the snippets commonly shown alongside links today in order to give you an idea of what they lead to. So what I just did here may already be considered in violation of the directive.
Post #432,362 by mmoffitt 1/27/20 8:19:40 AM 1/27/20 8:19:40 AM Reply	Thanks. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.

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