Article 11 and 13 of that thing, you know what I’m talking about, that thing, good or bad?
Here’s what I’m thinking, let me know down in the comments what you’re thinking.
Hey everyone, Dana here.
Ah, the EU Copyright Directive.
Over the past bunch of months I have read lots of different articles and watched lots
of different videos on this topic that caused me to feel lots of different feelings from
disbelief and panic to annoyance and anger and disappointment.
And did I mention panic? Panic. Oh, oh yeah, and also panic.
Now I want to start by saying that I am in general a fan of copyright.
Copyright and copyright laws are very, very important.
I am not against copyright laws in general. Copyright good.
Article 11 and Article 13 of the proposed EU Directives on Copyright however...
I'm thinking maybe not so good.
Let’s start with Article 11, simply because the number 11 comes before the number 13.
The way Article 11 is worded seems to me to be just so broad.
I’ve heard so many different interpretations of Article 11, and when I read it I too can
interpret it in different ways because of how just kind of openly and broadly it seems
to be written.
For example, the way that it’s been described in some of the articles that I’ve read,
makes it seem to me like Article 11 could be interpreted that people wouldn't even be
allowed to write out the whole title of an article when linking to it without paying
for a license. Like the title.
When talking about an article and linking to an article I just don't understand how
in the world mentioning the full title of the article could in any way possibly be considered
something that you would have to pay for or ask permission to list.
But yeah, from how it's worded it seems to me like that could be a possible interpretation
of Article 11.
Hey, Stefan here.
On the other hand, what could be seen as a rather positive interpretation of Article 11:
news aggregators that show the whole article, so not just a little preview, but rather show
you the whole article without directing you to the original source and therefore basically
raking in all the ad clicks without paying the original publisher would no longer be allowed.
I guess. At least that’s one possible interpretation.
But as Dana said, the wording is so broad it could be interpreted many ways.
So yeah, these are just two of the many possible ways that Article 11 seems like it could be interpreted,
what is your interpretation or interpretations of Article 11?
Please let me know down in the comments.
As far as Article 13 goes, again lots of emotions.
As far as I understand it, what Article 13 could mean is that internet sites like Youtube
or Facebook would have to 100% guarantee that nothing on their site is infringing on anyone’s
copyright, which at a very quick first glance sounds pretty great and makes sense.
But I find that as soon as you really try to pick that idea up and really hold it in
your hands and examine it, it starts to slip through your fingers like loose sand.
Not only would it be very expensive to set up the kind of filter necessary to check every
single post and every single upload before it posts or uploads, but I can only imagine
that doing that would return a lot, a lot of false positives.
And it’s not really hard to assume that companies would probably go the better-safe-than-sorry
route and censor more than necessary.
I mean, we saw this whole over doing it thing happen with Adpocalypse on YouTube last year.
You know, they cracked down on videos and then completely harmless videos also ended
up being demonetized in the process.
Plus, sometimes, or quite often even, people are allowed to use copyrighted material.
How would it be verified if that was the case or not?
And how would it be verified quickly?
If, for example, I write Trixi from Don't Trust The Rabbit and I ask her if I can use
a part of her video in my video and she says yes and sends it to me, how would I prove
to YouTube that I am allowed to use her content?
How long would I have to wait for them to verify that that is the case?
I can only imagine that some kind of posting bottleneck would occur.
And I mean, what a different internet it would be if you had to upload videos, pictures,
posts I don't know 7 to 10 days before posting them to check for copyright infringement.
There goes breaking news.
But I really hope that it wouldn't end the internet as we know it today.
Please let me know your thoughts in the comments.
So like in my video on free buses, trams and trains in Germany, a lot of open questions here.
And now some more.
So my question for you is: Is this how you also understand these proposed laws,
Article 11 and 13 of the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on Copyright in
the Digital Single Market?
Is this how you also think they could be interpreted and what do you think they could mean
for the internet? Are you for or against these articles?
Please let me know in the comments below.
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