European Union internet ALERT

[mechamind]

Internet freedom in Europe has just taken a huge hit. The Court of Justice of the European Union has just ruled that a mere hyperlink to another site is a copyright infringement. This will likely mean the end of many European bloggers, with bloggers from outside the EU possibly being blocked from access. Even the Advocate General of the CJEU, Melchior Wathelet, advised that hyperlinks should remain legal.

While they've made an exception for ad-free/not-for-profit sites, this only applies to hyperlinks, not visuals/audio or direct quotes (which have been debatable even before the anti-link proposal).

I cannot imagine what this is going to feel like. Any plans? I hope they're to try and get the ruling reversed, because this will cut a lot of ties between North American and European gaming communities.

[aero]

Fucking brexit.

[Mable]

Get ready for first official European Purge soon guys!

[Artemis008]

And people say America has a terrible government system. This is insane!

[Danny]

And people say America has a terrible government system. This is insane!

Can you take a guess where our government system derived from during the 1700s?

[Artemis008]

And people say America has a terrible government system. This is insane!

Can you take a guess where our government system derived from during the 1700s?

Hmmmmmmm, I wonder! It's almost as if we took someone else's idea for Government and improved it in numerous ways.

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[bossedit8]

https://savetheinternet.eu/en/

[Shadow Yoshi]

mechamind, where is your source for this information?

[MrPunchia]

What is the EU doing to itself?

[aero]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/an-internet ... 1472421165 btw

Where's the internet brigade for this?

[mechamind]

mechamind, where is your source for this information?

I really could make a joke about somebody wanting to get the entire European community auto-banned. That would be a bit cold, but it also could be disturbingly accurate depending on how the EU handles its own information in the future.

Now the document was listed by a site called InfoCuria under case number C-160/15 (since June 5th of last year), with the judgment listed today.

I didn't even need to post a complicated hyperlink for that. InfoCuria can be found on a search engine, and "list documents" after the Case search query. How's that?

(The EU judge had better not step any further and prohibit the mere mention of a site...)

[Quantumenace]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/an-internet ... 1472421165 btw

Where's the internet brigade for this?

What's the opposite of posting a hyperlink to "infringing" content available for free? Maybe posting hyperlinks to paywall sites should be illegal instead.

There's somebody who's making a big deal about it. But we're supposed to hate him, so...

[Bluigi]

Internet freedom in Europe has just taken a huge hit. The Court of Justice of the European Union has just ruled that a mere hyperlink to another site is a copyright infringement. This will likely mean the end of many European bloggers, with bloggers from outside the EU possibly being blocked from access. Even the Advocate General of the CJEU, Melchior Wathelet, advised that hyperlinks should remain legal.

While they've made an exception for ad-free/not-for-profit sites, this only applies to hyperlinks, not visuals/audio or direct quotes (which have been debatable even before the anti-link proposal).

I cannot imagine what this is going to feel like. Any plans? I hope they're to try and get the ruling reversed, because this will cut a lot of ties between North American and European gaming communities.

A member of a state that is going to take away the last freedom in the EU with CETA is upset about a law which the Internet freedom has got a huge hit from. I don't know how I should think about that.