| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler 19:36 - Jun 29 with 1517 views | Highjack |
In a move to be forced through next month that critics say will harm freedom of information on the internet, global websites like Facebook, Twitter and Planetswans will have to pay to link to any copyrighted news article.
When asked for his opinion on this new EU directive a distressed looking Phil Sumbler screamed in a high pitched voice “that bastard Shaky is gonna ruin me! At forty pence per link I’m looking at a bill of £17000 a day”. We tried to press him for more comment but he turned tail and fled, arms flailing screaming something about having to sell the trust helicopter.
More info here:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2018/05/08/eu |  |
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 19:48 - Jun 29 with 1483 views | jack2jack |
In fairness I like his posts, they help with my insomnia.😉 |  | | |
| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 01:13 - Jun 30 with 1354 views | Highjack |
Activating Shakymode. CTRL V enabled:
The link tax threatens the internet as we know it
David Elston
The "link tax" features some of the most impractical and extreme expansions of copyright rules ever seen. Copyright has already been bent out of shape; the original theory was to use copyright to protect the content creator and allow them to make back any investment on their idea, along with a healthy profit, over a fixed, 14 year period. However, with the current period set at 70 years, not only are copyright laws strangling innovation, but now these additional reforms seek to make criminals of everyone who does not pay a fee to simply link to someone else's work.
In short, you may soon face a charge each time you publish a link to an article. From individual bloggers, to large publications, big media seeks to control how we direct people online, make citations on Wikipedia, or simply recommend a game or movie.
But it doesn't stop there: saving photos to online shopping lists on sites such as Pinterest, or sharing any news article over Facebook or Twitter aren't in any way exempt. As it stands, there are no exceptions for non-commercial use.
In fact, even search engines, which are essentially a long list of links gathered around whatever query you enter, could also be subject to the link tax.
"These proposals are pandering to the demands of some news publishers to charge search engines and social networks for sending traffic their way, as well as the music industry’s wish to be propped up in its negotiations with YouTube."
"These proposals will cause major collateral damage — making many everyday habits on the web and many services you regularly use downright illegal, subject to fees or, at the very least, mired in legal uncertainty."
What does this mean? By now, it's fairly obvious that implementing such a charge for links would fundamentally alter the way the web works.
Should the link tax succeed, we would see a wave of online censorship. The effects of this cannot yet be fully understood or overstated.
Perhaps the most foolish part of this bill is that it would actually drastically harm not only our digital economy but our "analogue" economy too. Viral promotions of movies, music or any other product would vanish as internet users would no longer be able to share links to movies or stores where products can be bought.
Remember how excited the internet became at the release of Deadpool? How many different blogs, vlogs, reviews and how many different people shared direct links to movie trailers, merchandise and other Deadpool related promos? Now imagine that was all subject to a link tax — it is difficult to say how drastic the impact of this would be, but it's probably safe to say we'd never see a Deadpool 2.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/david-elston/link-tax-eu-copyright | |
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 01:22 - Jun 30 with 1348 views | airedale |
F#ck them all.
Boring. |  | | |
| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 09:50 - Jun 30 with 1251 views | Shaky |
Great thread, HighJack, all things considered, specifically that it is a tough act to try to make fun of somebody spreading information.
Did you know the New York Times and the Washington Post both have paywalls that severely limit the number of free articles you can access each month without a subscription? That's funny isn't it?
As for the proposed legislation, let's hope the European parliament consign this to the dustbin of history where it belongs. |  |
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 09:59 - Jun 30 with 1242 views | felixstowe_jack |
It won't apply to the UK after March next year. |  |
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 14:57 - Jun 30 with 1148 views | Highjack |
| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 09:59 - Jun 30 by felixstowe_jack |
It won't apply to the UK after March next year. |
Yes it will, EU law will become U.K. law so unless the U.K. government chooses to repeal it Phil will be in his rags begging for cash on wind street. | |
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 01:16 - Jul 1 with 1060 views | DJack |
Pithy mate, very pithy.
Shakey is... well, Shakey. You these days are all pith and no substance.
Make PS Great (Grate) Again. |  |
| It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan |
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 01:36 - Jul 1 with 1056 views | E20Jack |
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 09:08 - Jul 1 with 986 views | Highjack |
| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 01:16 - Jul 1 by DJack |
Pithy mate, very pithy.
Shakey is... well, Shakey. You these days are all pith and no substance.
Make PS Great (Grate) Again. |
I may be pithy but you’re sounding a bit pithed. 
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| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 09:09 - Jul 1 with 983 views | E20Jack |
| EU link tax - Shaky to bankrupt Phil Sumbler on 09:08 - Jul 1 by Highjack |
I may be pithy but you’re sounding a bit pithed.
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Rathitht. | |
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