Guys, if you’re in the EU, I really, really can’t stress enough that you should start looking into VPN’s if you want to continue having regular access to the internet in the future. Especially to avoid things like news censorship.
I’m so sorry about Articles 11/13, but it is imperative to start looking into work arounds before it’s potentially too late. Especially if you work in media coverage.
And, of course, keep resisting and spreading awareness to keep this thing from fully passing.
I would also advise to start saving up any of your favorite online content either on your pc or an external memory disc, or a cloud
Do you write fanfiction or have a favorite one? Then download it and back it up just in case ot gets taken down. Have a favorite youtube video? Do that too.
Save up whatever you can think off, I know it sounds a bit paranoid, but better safe then sorry.
A movement to enforce proper sexuality and gender expression is always going to have the same gross reactionary flavor no matter what the content of the ideology is. You could believe that “real women drink lemonade every second wednesday” and it would still become a fucking horror show should it ever take off.
i see your death of the author and raise you: death of the fandom, for when other fans and the content they produce are so unbearably bad that you divorce yourself entirely from the fanbase except for one or two Trusted Mutuals™️
Also, I’m in Europe and ngl, had no idea this was even an article up for debate let alone it being fucking passed.
Don’t panic! This was expected at this stage and it is only the beginning. If you are a European and feel passionate about this, please keep on reading and help!
So what has happened so far … the Commission has drafted up a long overdue copyright reform. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2016_280 It contains a lot of good, and some bad: mainly Article 11 and 13.
This was put forward as a whole to the European Parlament, where it was voted down on the 5th of July 2018
This meant, this will not go through the fast way, and will be subject to scrutiny and change.
The Commission made some alterations https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2016_280 and put it forward again. If Parlament would have voted it down again, it probably would have meant back to the drawing board, but most people (including me) agree that Europe does need copyright reform, so on the second vote it passed the first step:
So what happens now?
This will now go into what is called the Trilogue, where Commission, Parlament and representatives of all national governments will sit together to make alterations until everybody is happy implementing the regulation.
This means we can now influence this via our MEPs and our National Government!
In countries that are red your government is likely to support Article 13.
What to do now?
There are a lot of organisations that organise actions against article 13. Check out their websites and get in touch with your MEP or local government and let them know you are unhappy about this.
… and many many more, just google to find one in your country.
Also, as @asthesea-breezehitsmylungs pointed out, a lot of people are not aware of this going on. So make them aware! Share the memes and point them to the petitions. And don’t just complain how shit this is, get in touch with your politicians!
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