#article 12

The EU just passed Articles 11 and 13.

But not all is lost! It still takes time (about 2 years) until every state has adapted the laws to their own system.

There are European elections soon!

If you are eligible to do so: VOTE

Make sure there are consequences for the representatives who voted for Article 13! Only then, we will have political influence and maybe we are able to stop the laws before they do too much damage!

k so im very annoyed atm. there are a lot of people rightfully freaking out over article 13, and there are way too many ppl who complain that that isn’t necessary, claiming they know what article 13 means. spoiler alarm: they dont. very baltantly so btw.

there’s this german youtuber, he’s studied law, he’s a lawyer, he knows and understands that stuff. he’s made lots of videos explaining article 13 & 12 & 11 to those who’ll watch. his explanations were VERY clear and easy to understand. which is why i actually know what’s going on w art13 and understand what the consequences will probably be. now, i obviously don’t blame anyone for not watching his videos/not knowing german, but i will judge them for claiming to understand things they have no clue about. so yeah, shut up ir learn what youre talking about.

I will keep fighting.

I will keep trying.

I will make sure this policy ends up about as lasting as New Coke. Maybe lasting even less. Not even a day.

I will fight for as long as it takes.

I'm gonna try to revert SESTA/FOSTA back to some moldy paper written by Helen Lovejoy's Tone Deaf Homophobic cousin gathering dust in some dirty basement.

“My dear Sir

I received your favor of yesterday,1 this moment, when I am on the eve of a journey to Virginia.

The opinion which you have given as to its being necessary to submit the new article2 to the Senate being in direct opposition to that of the Secretaries and the Attorney general, has occasioned some embarrassments with me.3 For I always understood it to be the sense of the majority of the Senate, that they were not to pass their judgment upon the new article further than they have done. But as I shall be absent, and Mr Randolph has before him the bringing of this business to a close; I wish you to write to him your ideas,4 if upon mature reflection you shall think differently from the gentlemen around me; or you find the sense of the Senate to be different from what I have been led to expect. I have told Mr Randolph that your sentiments do not agree with those which I received from the Officers of government; and have desired him to revise them. I have also told him, that I have requested the favor of you to write to him on this subject.

Very affectionately   I always am Yours

Go: Washington

PS. Notwithstanding one great object of my visit to Mount Vernon is relaxation; yet, to hear from you, the sentimts. entertained of the treaty and in short on any other interesting subject, with which the public mind is occupied would be a considerable gratification. The state of our pecuniary matters in Holland, at this time, is a bar to Mr Adams’s5 leaving that country—but the next best step will be adopted.

Yours as before G W——n”

Fuck article 13.

(BTW I didn’t learn this from matpat(he did remind me, though)I learnt it from Robinkaja, but he did say there was still hope for us)

Not sure if links work again, so posting this without links.

Article 13: the Copyright Filters. All but the smallest platforms will have to defensively adopt copyright filters that examine everything you post and censor anything judged to be a copyright infringement.

Article 11: Linking to the news using more than one word from the article is prohibited unless you're using a service that bought a license from the news site you want to link to. 

 Article 12a: No posting your own photos or videos of sports matches. 

These all passed. And they aren’t even the whole of it.