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Quick reminder: Yesterday on the 14th of february 2019 the european parliament decided to accept article 13. Article 13 will force every internet page to use upload filters for the people who live in europe so we can’t see what we want to see anymore.

The last chance to stop article 13 is between march and april where the EU parliament will decide if article 13 will be implimented or not.

And if you don’t have sign the petition against Article 13, please do it: https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=910933847&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&recruited_by_id=78e63a60-e144-11e8-bb0b-07f9ebaa20f9&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAAK7ygAAAAAAW%2BC7k%2B%2FH%2FOpjNmQ2ZmFmNA%3D%3D

Please reblog, share, sign, demonstrate or the internet will die..

You may have heard about the efforts in Europe to reform copyright law. The debate has been ongoing in the European Parliament for months. If approved next week, these new regulations would require us to automatically filter and block content that you upload without meaningful consideration of your right to free expression. 

We respect the copyrights and trademarks of others, and we take all reports seriously to ensure that your creative expression is protected. We make this clear in our Community Guidelines. There’s already a legal framework that works and is fair: Today we take down posts and media that contain allegedly infringing content when we receive a valid DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request. We also provide clear-cut ways for people to fight back if they believe their removed content was not a true violation. These instances are monitored and reported and live in our biannual transparency report. 

The suggestion to use automated filters for issues of copyright is short-sighted at best and harmful at worst. Automated filters are unable to determine whether a use should be considered “fair use” under the law and are unable to determine whether a use is authorized by a license agreement. They are unable to distinguish legitimate parody, satire, or even your own personal pictures that could be matched with similar photographs that have been protected by someone else. We don’t believe that technology should replace human judgment. Tumblr is and always has been a place for creative expression, and these new regulations would only make it harder for you to express yourself with the freedom and clarity you do so now. 

If Article 13 is approved, European People might be basically banned from uploading any fan content. 

You won’t get new fanfics from people in Europe.

You won’t get new gifs from people in Europe.

You won’t get new fanart from people in Europe.

Because they’ll be automatically filtered and blocked!

We might leave Tumblr and other fandom pages.

And if we’re getting all our content blocked? 

You might lose some of your favourite followers/mutuals.

You might not get to read the rest of that fic you’re dying to read - simply because the writer lives in the wrong country.

So do whatever you can to help us stop this.

Reblog this.

You, yes, you! 

Do you enjoy Guild Wars 2? Do you know someone who does? Then you should reblog this post! 

We are a new masterlist tumblr- for those who create Guild Wars 2 related media and those who roleplay here on tumblr. We are trying to get some traction on this site so that we can include all the wonderful, talented people tumblr has to offer!