No, I'm not &quot;Chicken Little&quot;, but this no doubt will complicate things for hub owners in the EU.

No, I'm not "Chicken Little", but this no doubt will complicate things for hub owners in the EU.

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:03:39 +0000

European Parliament Votes in Favor of Controversial Copyright Laws - Slashdot

The EU has voted on copyright reform, with members of European Parliament this time voting in favor of the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13. The 438 to 226 vote, described as "the worst possible outcome" by some quarters, could have significant repercussions on the way we use the internet....

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Sat, 15 Sep 2018 21:46:22 +0000

Apparently if you read the text of the bill, things aren't nearly as bad as we've been led to believe. Open source is exempted.

Einer von Vielen

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:07:11 +0000

OpenSource content itself is excluded. Yes, see

Recommendation 2003/361/EC and
service providers that act in a non
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commercial purpose capacity such as online encyclopaedia, and providers of online services where the content is uploaded with the authorisation of all right holders concerned, such as educational or scientific repositories. Providers of cloud services for individual use which do not provide direct access to the public, open source software developing platforms, and online market places whose main activity is online retail of physical goods, should not be considered online content sharing service providers within the meaning of this Directive.

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But there are changed of the sort that there are fears that is is forbidden to upload something like a selfie in a football stadium. It would effect Hubzilla as well.