OscailtStop the European Parliament from Destroying the Internet - The #SaveYourInternet fight against Article 13 continuesAll 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) get to vote in March/April 2019 on the negotiated copyright agreement.
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The new EU copyright law closes the book on free speech online. That’s a feature, not a bug.<br />
<a href=https://www.rt.com/op-ed/454755-article-13-censorship-control-europe/ title=https://www.rt.com/op-ed/454755-article-13-censorship-control-europe/>https://www.rt.com/op-ed/454755-article-13-censorship-control-europe/</a><br />
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The controversial copyright law facing a final vote in the EU parliament is less about copyright than it is about hammering a final nail in the coffin of the freedoms the internet once promised. Yes, Article 13 is that bad.<br />
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Most laws address themselves toward tangible, human-sized problems. Article 13, the sweeping European copyright legislation that proposes to filter all content on its way to the web to ensure no rights are being violated, isn’t interested in such prosaic stuff. It seeks to defy the Second Law of Thermodynamics.<br />
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Physics? In my internet? The web operates according to the laws of entropy. It trends toward decentralization – of ideas, of social groups, but most importantly of power. Authority looks at this delightful disorder and sees only malevolent chaos that needs to be reined in. Legislators and the corporations that run their countries have spent a lot of time brainstorming on how to put the cat back in the bag, and Article 13 is the result.<br />
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The way the web developed the first time was not ideal for centralized power structures. Only a nuclear option like Article 13 could ever hope to rein in the human potential unleashed by the web and give them a second chance to get it right.<br />
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Article 13, the internet’s founding fathers warn, means the “transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users.” That’s a feature, not a bug. Keeping out small platforms that could challenge the monopolies that have shown they’re willing to work with governments certainly makes life easier for those governments. The internet once held the promise to liberate humanity. The European Parliament believes that’s too big a risk to take.</em></blockquote><br />