http://dailycaller.com/2018/09/12/eu-article-13-meme/
The European Union approved new copyright laws for web companies that could bring sweeping changes to how the entire world uses the internet and even take away your memes, The Verge reported Wednesday.
The EU's new copyright legislation has been in the works since 2016 and still face one more round of voting in January 2019 before taking effect, but Wednesday's vote means the debate is all but over.
The main source of controversy is that the bill requires companies like Google and Facebook to both pay a "link tax" to media companies when they share one of their pages, and implement content filters to prevent users from posting copyrighted material, which could include memes.
The main issue arises from liability. Requiring tech companies to filter for copyrighted content means those companies - not their users - are held liable for potential infringement. Traditionally, if someone uploaded a copyrighted video to YouTube, that user would be held personally responsible. If that responsibility shifts, users face the question of how stringently tech companies will define copyrighted content. ...
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