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Article 13
No one: *crickets*
Britain: all ur memes are belong 2 us
Naked greased up def guy: u can cash meeee
So yeah. Apparently(from what i read) memes are illegal or something in EU. I haven't researched yet but i'll be damned if i cant share a picture i made of *insert generic political leader here* strapped to an ICBM. More updates as it happens.
Britain: all ur memes are belong 2 us
Naked greased up def guy: u can cash meeee
So yeah. Apparently(from what i read) memes are illegal or something in EU. I haven't researched yet but i'll be damned if i cant share a picture i made of *insert generic political leader here* strapped to an ICBM. More updates as it happens.
So. To quote an article i just read, apparently it's only supporters are people who don't seem to grasp what it actually is. Including Paul McCartney.
The two clauses causing the most controversy are known as Article 11 and Article 13.
Article 11 states that search engines and news aggregate platforms should pay to use links from news websites.
Article 13 holds larger technology companies responsible for material posted without a copyright licence. Tech companies already remove music and videos which are copyrighted, but under the new laws they will be more liable for any copyrighted content.
It means they would need to apply filters to content before it is uploaded.
Article 13 does not include cloud storage services and there are already existing exemptions, including parody, which, for example, includes memes.
Memes 'excluded'
It was Article 13 which prompted fears over the future of memes and GIFs - stills, animated or short video clips that go viral - since they mainly rely on copyrighted scenes from TV and film.
Critics claimed Article 13 would have made it nearly impossible to upload even the tiniest part of a copyrighted work to Facebook, YouTube, or any other site.
However, specific tweaks to the law made earlier this year made memes safe "for purposes of quotation, criticism, review, caricature, parody and pastiche".
The European Parliament said that memes would be "specifically excluded" from the directive, although it was unclear how tech firms would be able to enforce that rule with a blanket filter.
The two clauses causing the most controversy are known as Article 11 and Article 13.
Article 11 states that search engines and news aggregate platforms should pay to use links from news websites.
Article 13 holds larger technology companies responsible for material posted without a copyright licence. Tech companies already remove music and videos which are copyrighted, but under the new laws they will be more liable for any copyrighted content.
It means they would need to apply filters to content before it is uploaded.
Article 13 does not include cloud storage services and there are already existing exemptions, including parody, which, for example, includes memes.
Memes 'excluded'
It was Article 13 which prompted fears over the future of memes and GIFs - stills, animated or short video clips that go viral - since they mainly rely on copyrighted scenes from TV and film.
Critics claimed Article 13 would have made it nearly impossible to upload even the tiniest part of a copyrighted work to Facebook, YouTube, or any other site.
However, specific tweaks to the law made earlier this year made memes safe "for purposes of quotation, criticism, review, caricature, parody and pastiche".
The European Parliament said that memes would be "specifically excluded" from the directive, although it was unclear how tech firms would be able to enforce that rule with a blanket filter.
Oh, I saw that - as much as I hate politics and bringing them up online, I couldnt help but spam that around XD