Reply To: Article 11/13 for the EU and future of the site

[onlyonepinman 18062xp 0]

Up until now I may well have agreed with you however as has already been reported, Germany already has similar laws and the effect has been that online galleries have closed. We have seen large companies already placing copyright strikes against games streamers. It’s not really much of a stretch to say that while it may not be intended to stop you posting a photograph of your painted miniatures, that may well be an unintended consequence. The system being proposed and likely implemented favours those with the money to press their claim. The current system is the reverse, although it is definitely possible for those with enough money/influence to push a dubious copyright claim and win simply by picking on people without the means to make a meaningful defence. I think that this is definitely a step in the wrong direction both liberty and the internet.