I’m American. I live right in the southwest and let me tell you, it’s hell over here right now, but it will become a lot worse if Article 13 is passed.
You’ve probably heard about Article 13, and if you haven’t, go watch this video right now. Whatever you’re doing can wait for sixteen minutes and two seconds, because a second-long vote could destroy everything online.
Whether you’re from Europe or not, this law could affect you, so you should care Article 13 because it is going to destroy the online lives that you have built. No more posting memes, no more remixes, and no more YouTubers from anywhere.
Jacksepticeye will no longer be able to upload.
Markiplier will no longer be able to upload.
MatPat won’t.
Thomas Sanders.
Dan and Phil.
How to Basic.
All of your favorite content creators are at risk of losing their jobs because people want stricter laws on copyright, which will support the larger media companies but kill smaller creators. And because of this, we may lose everything online.
So spread the word! Reblog this, reblog other people’s posts, find petitions, write your own posts! If you’re in Europe, contact your MEP’s and get them to understand how it will affect the people who use the internet.
Please.
#savetheinternet.
Please stop and read this
This is important !!!
This video actually very clearly explains why this isn’t just about “the end of all memes” and everyone really should be watching this.
OK, before there’s too much chaos about this, allow me to share this. It’s a comment by a YouTuber by the name of L00rdAdjuk, and it reads as follows:
“First off, a mistake that I see everyone in the comments making, EU
unlike the US is NOT a government. US is a government, you have a
ruling body which passes laws and those apply to all of the 50 states.
EU doesn’t have states. It has countries. Each country has a government
of its own. EU is just a union of those countries but it doesn’t hold
governmental power of them the way that the US has over its states.
Simply put: US is a government with 50 states. Laws that the government
brings apply to them. EU is union of countries. Each country has its own
government and own laws. EU parliament suggests directives, like this
one, that each of its countries can or can’t add to their own laws which
are dictated by their own governments.
IN REALITY, WHAT HAPPENS WITH ARTICLE 13 AND FUTURE SIMILAR DECISIONS?
Ok, the article 13 directive gets passed, what happens then? Each of the
member countries can choose to add it into their own national law. They
don’t have to if they don’t want to, you can’t force them to do so. EU,
by its own law, can’t force any of its member countries to accept its
directives. In the end it is up to Youtube to chose whether they will or
won’t maintain their services in EU countries that haven’t implemented
article 13 into their national law but for simplicities sake they will
just exclude the entire EU. Those who are hit the most, unfortunately,
are content creators because they won’t be able to make new content
anymore. Viewers will just use VPN to watch Youtube but content creators
will be pretty much screwed.
Bottom line is that the only one who can fix this Youtube situation is
Youtube itself by coming up with a way to avoid potential lawsuits. Most
likely reality is that Youtube will back off for a bit, lose a ton of
money, come up with a way to fix this and then return to the EU.
Hopefully this has addressed your concerns.“
Obviously, Article 13 is still a problem, but only depending how many countries choose to actually adopt it if it’s passed.))
Skorpio's Art 