I don’t usually share this kind of thing, and I will delete it later. But this June 20th the EU want to pass Article 13 that will destroy fair use on the internet and will effect non-EU residents too. Goodbye to making money from fan art and livestreaming games and parody videos. No can do. Visit saveyourinternet.eu to very simply send a pre-written email to you MEPs. Please spread awareness as there’s not much time.
All you people who were afraid of Net Neutrality should be terrified of this.
C’mon, guys.
No. Just no. Link to the original document so people can actually go and read up on what it does, rather than the interpretation we keep seeing everywhere.
Behind all the legalese, what this does is it prevents theft of your work. It does not override fair use, including transformative works such as fanart. It does not include memes or let’s plays or parodies.
What it does is, it blocks sourced, original work from being abused for political or promotional means without the original creator’s consent. THAT IS A GOOD THING.
It means that if you can prove you drew an image that went viral and is being used in official capacity for political gain, you have a right to contest that use. It means that if you drew a piece of fanart and a website lifts it for their own use, you have a right to contest that use. It means that if someone reposts your art without linking to the source, you have a right to, you guessed it, contest that use.
It means that if you’re a small content creator and post your creations on the internet, you don’t have to resort to expensive lawsuits against a large company that brazenly stole your work for their own use. Currently, if you can’t protect your IP, it’s no longer considered yours.
I repeat. currently, if you can’t protect your IP, it’s no longer considered yours. This protects your rights by holding the site you uploaded your works to responsible for protecting your own rights as a creator.
IT. IS. A. GOOD. THING.
Death By Catchphrase 