Even the posts that are tagged with both almost exclusively talk about article 13.
Like guys. Guys guys guys. I love memes and fandom too.
But article 11 makes websites pay any website they link to.
Do you think they’re just gonna… do that? Or will they stop making links, making it even harder to verify anything you read online?
Legitimate organizations like newspapers are already struggling to survive in the internet age. Let’s punish them financially for adapting to the new platform, just to make sure they go under, shall we?
Links are more expensive = they’re used less often = it’s normal for something completely true to use no citations = more difficult to distinguish whether something’s fake or just European
Platforms that don’t want to spend more money could just… disable links. Tumblr already does in the ask box. Think about how difficult that is when you’re trying to back up your point.
Ironically, paying for links makes people less likely to cite intellectual property they’re using. Not that that will matter, because article 13 means the death of fair use.
This affects everyone. The internet has no borders, and this will affect much more of the content that you consume than you realize. That’s before you think about the dangerous precedent this sets for other countries.
If the ignorance of people scares you now, just wait. Or better yet, make a fuss before July 4th (North America)/5th (Europe) (2018).
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