Can you link me to that Tecco? According to the EFF, it is now very likely to implemented, first by the most censorious countries (France). Further, companies seem likely to converge on the narrowest interpretation as they do their best to comply (or don't, and give up on the EU market entirely).
It seems like this is a fillip to the big platforms and large rights holders, under the guise of concern for creators' rights (FTAOD I had emails replies today from both Tory and Labour MEPs trying to claim it strengthens protection for creators).
My impression is that, like the GDPR, this is superficially well-intentioned, but ultimately wrong-headed, bad law that ignored all the expert advice and concerns of non-profits and they just caved to powerful lobbyists.
I have a platform where teenagers can easily create and share games. I'm currently based in Belgium, but with this new revelation, I'm forced to move abroad with my company. (I already checked I could create a Delaware inc)
Europe tries to catch up to the Silicon Valley startup scene. But stuff like this makes it pretty clear that EU is too retarded.
Right now, when one of my users uploads copyrighted material, I can take it down when I see it. Or when I get a complaint (DMCA takedown).
We're taking about teenagers here, so it's not always clear to them that they cannot use ripped sprites from other games, or music, or whatever.
Basically I can make the uploader responsible for what they upload.
The secondary problem is that my biggest competitor also has a lot of copyrighted material, so I'm already very careful with that not ending up on my platform.
With this new law, anyone can sue me if there might be some sprite on there that they created. If I was my (non-EU) competitor, I would anonymously upload some of my own content to sue the EU company. Basically I'm a sitting duck.
I'm currently working on my platform alone, so implementing a filter is impossible. Even with a big team it would be impossible, since slightly modified sprites are derived works and so also copyrighted.
But if I'm outside of the EU, I can just block that region (not the biggest one anyway, and after the UK leaves, not a single native English speaking country in there).
If I get a competitor from the EU in the far future, I just do the upload & sue trick."
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Lolz like it has a chance of ever being implemented, especially as several bits in it are not actually technically possible.
Good article in last weeks private eye on this.
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Can you link me to that Tecco? According to the EFF, it is now very likely to implemented, first by the most censorious countries (France). Further, companies seem likely to converge on the narrowest interpretation as they do their best to comply (or don't, and give up on the EU market entirely).
It seems like this is a fillip to the big platforms and large rights holders, under the guise of concern for creators' rights (FTAOD I had emails replies today from both Tory and Labour MEPs trying to claim it strengthens protection for creators).
My impression is that, like the GDPR, this is superficially well-intentioned, but ultimately wrong-headed, bad law that ignored all the expert advice and concerns of non-profits and they just caved to powerful lobbyists.
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Seems I killed someone else's thread on this as well as my own :D
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Tecco, seems you are at stage 3.
7 stages of fooling the useful
Johnny, sorry, I didn’t see your thread
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I’d assumed this was a reference to great porn ban
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clubbers in '... But, but, but how on earth will I be able to buy my wife surprise jewellery gifts ever again?' manic panic... ;)
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Nice illustration from Hacker News on why this is will prove such a terrible idea for the EU tech sector:
"koonsolo 19 hours ago [-]
I have a platform where teenagers can easily create and share games. I'm currently based in Belgium, but with this new revelation, I'm forced to move abroad with my company. (I already checked I could create a Delaware inc)
Europe tries to catch up to the Silicon Valley startup scene. But stuff like this makes it pretty clear that EU is too retarded.
cr1895 19 hours ago [-]
>with this new revelation, I'm forced to move abroad with my company.
Can you elaborate why that is?
koonsolo 18 hours ago [-]
Right now, when one of my users uploads copyrighted material, I can take it down when I see it. Or when I get a complaint (DMCA takedown).
We're taking about teenagers here, so it's not always clear to them that they cannot use ripped sprites from other games, or music, or whatever.
Basically I can make the uploader responsible for what they upload.
The secondary problem is that my biggest competitor also has a lot of copyrighted material, so I'm already very careful with that not ending up on my platform.
With this new law, anyone can sue me if there might be some sprite on there that they created. If I was my (non-EU) competitor, I would anonymously upload some of my own content to sue the EU company. Basically I'm a sitting duck.
I'm currently working on my platform alone, so implementing a filter is impossible. Even with a big team it would be impossible, since slightly modified sprites are derived works and so also copyrighted.
But if I'm outside of the EU, I can just block that region (not the biggest one anyway, and after the UK leaves, not a single native English speaking country in there).
If I get a competitor from the EU in the far future, I just do the upload & sue trick."
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