Article 13 passes European Parliament

[dead0man]

I'm glad to see you all are on the right side here.  It seems like the last time we did this there were still dummies on the other side.  Or maybe I'm confusing this with the equally as stupid "right to be forgotten"?

[dead0man]

And piece of sh**t Emanuel Marcon got it made even worse. Only small websites less than 3 years old are exempt from the upload filter. I'm sure Dave Leip will be thrilled that extorted for not filtering thanks to Marcon.

he could block all the EU domains from accessing the site...I hope that's what all websites do.

[dead0man]

This is a bad law, but I can't help but feel that - similar to the arguments around net neutrality - activists overegg their case with the "memes are going to be banned!" stuff. All it means is that when the law is introduced and the internet doesn't literally collapse, everyone will just ignore the issue while the law just festers.

I fear this is way more dangerous to the health of the internet than ending Net Neutrality was, but I suppose time will tell.

[dead0man]

nothing new here, but I just stumbled upon this and wondered how we missed it

Article 13 will wreck the internet because Swedish MEPs accidentally pushed the wrong voting button

In the EU, if a Member of the Parliament presses the wrong button on a vote, they can have the record amended to show what their true intention was, but the vote is binding.

Today, the European Parliament voted to pass the whole Copyright Directive without a debate on Articles 11 and 13 by a margin of five votes.

But actually, a group of Swedish MEPs have revealed that they pressed the wrong button, and have asked to have the record corrected. They have issued a statement saying they'd intended to open a debate on amendments to the Directive so they could help vote down Articles 11 and 13.

come on Sweden...you're better than this

Also, why are the votes instantly binding?  That seems a bit goofy, no?