Article 13, EU Censorship Law, passes

thefuzzycomic:

So, it seems the worst happened today. EU parliament approved Censorship Law, which will require sites to monitor copyrighted material. In a worst case scenario, this means EU countries will be cut off from sites, which host copyrighted material, like Tumblr, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram – and possibly, Patreon and Webtoons.

I will keep my eyes open and if cutting happens, I’ll be using VPN/Tunnelbear as much as possible to see if I can avoid this. Everything is still a hassle and no one knows what happens. 

In the very, very, very worst case scenario, FUZZY stops running in 2019, because I lose access to pages where I can host FUZZY. If that would happen, so that Tunnelbear can’t help either, I hope to make a mailing list where I can share the comic.

I’m sad things went this way in EU.

I will keep each and everyone of you updated!

– Niu

EDIT: Got more info: 

The last voting / accepting regarding Article 13 will happen in January 2019 so until then we still have time to fight and demand internet to stay free! Here’s some little parts what I picked from online about Article 13:

“Before existing copyright laws can be updated, however, the approved copyright law bill will now pass for approval to the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, and the leaders of the EU’s 28-member states.”

“What’s clear is that if the Copyright Directive receives final approval by the European Parliament in January, it will have a huge, disruptive impact on the internet, both in the European Union and around the world.”

“Today’s vote is not the end of the story, though: every amendment approved today will have to undergo another round of behind-closed-doors negotiations between EU politicos and EU member states, before going again through a vote in January 2019. The meme war is far from over.”

Petition: Everyone can sign it; 

 MORE INFO: www.saveyourinternet.eu