It is now certain that Article 13 will now pass into law. The European Parliament voted to pass the legislation by 348 votes to 274. Article 13 gives governments in the European Union the ability police content on the internet for anything that violates copyright law. However, the law makes...
We’ve already covered the detrimental effects of Article 13 on the blog in detail, but now Youtube itself has spoken up about the negative consequences that the laws could have on the YouTube community, but also the internet in general. Under both Article 11 and 13–known subsequently as...
Update 9/12/2018: The European Parliament has voted in favor of the Copyright Directive Article 11 and 13, alongside many hundreds of added amendments are up for vote today on September 12th. Many think that theses regulatory articles–which chiefly perform as automated copyright control, could significantly impact copyright...
As censorship on the internet continues to spread and evolve, we are starting to see some bad algorithms and AI dictate how content is shared on the internet. Why is this happening? Well, the internet has grown so large it’s almost impossible to police uploaded content on a wide...
