Twitter User Explains Why Article 13 Passing Took A Dump On The Internet's Future

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mattstaff
Mar 26, 2019 4:00 PM EDT

Article 13 has passed. And what might be the potential upsides? The world wants to know. And this comes after countless professionals have said that Article 13 is IMPOSSIBLE to do. 

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    Text - FREE INTERNET REST IN PEACE *AUGUST 6, 1991 t MARCH 26, 2019
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    Text - Thread ta Sir Froge Retweeted James @JPainter Article 13 passing is a sad day for the internet in general No one asked for this and nobody benefits from it either It's going to result in MILLIONS of jobs being lost and BILLIONS in revenue lost 1:13 PM 26/03/2019 Twitter for iPhone 128 Retweets 452 Likes James @JPainter 35m Replying to @JPainter The reason why this is such a big deal is that it's no longer safe for: Tweet your reply
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    Text - James @JPainter 35m Replying to @JPainter The reason why this is such a big deal is that it's no longer safe for: Spotity, YouTube, Google, Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to operate in EU countries anymore at the risk of getting sued constantly Therefore they may be forced to cut access to their sites in the EU 4 t44 130
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    Text - James @JPainter 34m Without YouTube in Europe, views are going to drastically decrease for everyone else in the rest of the world The company will lose billions in revenue every year and so will the creators on the platform Musicians will no longer be able to build an audience without promotion t18 89 James @JPainter_ 33m People that create art, again, will no longer be able to spread their work and grow a platform If you want to continue making YouTube videos after Article 13 You can't p
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    Text - James @JPainter 31m Oh, the art on your wall in the background? That's copyrighted to You're going to have to just sit in a blank room and talk to a camera for 10 minutes about nothing It could be seriously bad news for everything on the internet, I wish I was over reacting t16 2 79 James @JPainter 21m For those saying thank god for Brexit, yes it's definitely going to help us escape this a little bit But if the EU countries no longer have access to social media then viewership is going t
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    Text - James @JPainter 19m VPNS certainly won't solve the copyright ID system after Article 13 But if you are from the EU and you want to continue accessing websites like YouTube Then a VPN should allow you to continue to watch content, hopefully anyway t12 47 James @JPainter 14m and again I know it looks like l'm over reacting But YouTube have literally spent millions runnings ads titled "SAVE YOUR INTERNET" in the past 6 months Linking to a petition against Article 13, if they're panicking abo
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    Text - Article 13 dictates that anyone sharing copyrighted content must get permission from rights owners or at least have made the best possible effort to get permission- before doing so. This doesn't just mean full songs, movies, TV shows and images. It also means gifs, memes and screenshots.
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