EU Copyright Directive – privatised censorship and filtering of free speech

[snapz 37]

FYI.

https://edri.org/eu-copyright-directive-privatised-censorship-and-filtering-of-free-speech/

[Kepler_452b 77]

The assault on freedom of speech and access to information continues to accelerate driven by Big Media and surveillance state mentality.

[grok 3]

Only the organized working-class can successfully oppose the Capitalist police-state.

[OmniNegro 155]

This shit is doomed from the start. It places a fucking massive burden on ISPs. If enacted, they would literally have to sit around in person and watch everything you do. And they would be accountable if they did not know that for instance, the picture of your kids in a (Insert fictional character from some stupid kids show) was a commercial product. (The character, not your kids. Lol.)

 

All parodies of anything “identified by rightsholders” would have to be blocked. What does that mean? I gave just one very simple example above. There are plenty more, but this explains why it cannot work.

 

This is overzealous idiocy at its worst, and should result in the asshats who wrote it being fired. Today. (And lynched for being that stupid.)

 

I will not worry. This is actually nothing new. And it failed every time they tried it. It will continue failing.

[LZ1 662]

This shit is doomed from the start. It places a fucking massive burden on ISPs. If enacted, they would literally have to sit around in person and watch everything you do. And they would be accountable if they did not know that for instance, the picture of your kids in a (Insert fictional character from some stupid kids show) was a commercial product. (The character, not your kids. Lol.)

 

All parodies of anything “identified by rightsholders” would have to be blocked. What does that mean? I gave just one very simple example above. There are plenty more, but this explains why it cannot work.

 

This is overzealous idiocy at its worst, and should result in the asshats who wrote it being fired. Today. (And lynched for being that stupid.)

 

I will not worry. This is actually nothing new. And it failed every time they tried it. It will continue failing.

Hello!

 

The thing is, they might find inspiration elsewhere.

[Ricnvolved1956 51]

OmniNegro-- I hope you're right. But don't underestimate NSA/CIA/FBI and all the other alphabet soup assclowns of at least TRYING to bring the hammer down on the most secure (and defiant) VPN and email services, regardless of location. I know the subject in this thread is about internet service providers, and the same goes for them. The government turds will start with extreme pressure on the domestic players, and if that doesn't work out, then they'll begin surreptitiously pressuring governments of countries where those VPN/email services reside. I'm not making a 100 percent prediction, but don't rule out the probability.

 

A few years ago there was a Dutch computer/tech geek (I don't remember his name) who was a guest on The Keiser Report. He said something extremely interesting. According to this man, if every private individual who goes online would just use a good, reputable VPN, it would make it so expensive for the NSA to try to break through on ALL of them there would be no damn way they could afford it. (If THAT happened, the NSA would go HARD after a few rabbits to make an example of them as a clear warning to everyone else. And I'll tell ya this-- That kind of intimidation doesn't work on me. All it would do is make me just that much more defiant.)

 

Here is my personal rule about going online which I humbly recommend to everyone concerned about privacy and security (and I'm sure this point has been brought up elsewhere on the forum): Never, ever use either a VPN or email service based in Amerika. All you have to do is look at what happened to Lavabit. However.... just because a VPN or email service is based in Europe or elsewhere doesn't automaticallly make it a good choice. DO YOUR RESEARCH! I think it's safe to say all of us here are in agreement that Air is the best choice for a VPN. I also think there are several good choices for private and secure email: Protonmail; Tutanota; Posteo; Runbox, to name just a few. (Others here are welcome to add a favorite.)

[snapz 37]

NSA / CIA / FBI / GCHQ and the like are a very powerful weapon in the hands of politicians who want to stay in power by force and even want to extend this power.
And control is power. Under the guise of terrorism and pedophilia scare the majority and they know that the majority of the people want to give up their privacy for allegedly "fake" security. These same people are not even going to think about this and accept the picture, let alone demonstrate/protest.

Jean C. Juncker, European Commission President said in 1999,
"We decide something. We bring it in and wait. If there is no uprising from the people then we move on.
Step by step till return is no longer possible. "

And I think they're going to play it this way, step by step, with a couple of false flag attacks with many deaths and injuries and we are a bird for the cat.

 

Sorry for my English guys, i hope you undertand my point of view.