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On 13/06/18 09:23, leloft wrote: > Hi List Members, > Is this of interest to anyone on this list? I am forwarding it as an > 'FIO'. I hope no-one objects. I confess my ignorance: this is the > first I've heard of this, and would be interested to hear others' views. > > Have good days, all of you. > > fraser > > _Begin forwarded message_ > > OpenMedia say: > > Next week the European Unionâs JURI committee will decide the fate of > the Internet in the EU. If the lobbyists for the big publishers have > their way, every website will be forced to pay a tax for every link to > news content on the web. Added to that, they want to force sites to > install "censorship machines" to filter and block uploaded content.1 > > This will hamper or outright break every site and service based in the > EU, which means that the impact will be seen by Internet users all over > the world. > > Thatâs why the OpenMedia community, along with our partners and other > organisations across Europe,2 are making one last urgent push to Save > the Link and stop censorship machines. > > Just 9 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will decide,3 so weâre > tweeting them to tell them the choice is clear. Today, June 12, is the > day of action across Europe to #SaveYourInternet. > > If these laws pass, it will be the end of smaller Internet operators in > Europe. The automated content-filtering technology the lawmakers are > demanding will be hideously expensive, and will not be nearly as > accurate as they claim. > > The link tax is an unprecedented assault on the free and open web: it > goes to the heart of what makes the Internet so powerful â the free > sharing of information. > > Even if youâre not directly represented by one of these 9 MEPs, they > are deciding on a law that will affect all of us, in Europe and around > the world. > > SEND A MESSAGE TO THESE 9 MEPs NOW: > https://savethelink.org/tweet-your-mep-saveyourinternet?src=162696 > > It doesnât matter if youâre from a country represented by one of the 9 > MEPs or not; we all need to stand together to put a stop to this > dangerous and destructive proposal. Send a tweet to an MEP today and > tell them to SaveYourInternet. > > After years of delays and debate, weâre at the critical point now. We > canât let up. Too much depends on this. Letâs take over the Internet > today and make it a day the deciding MEPs can never forget. > > Yours for the open web, > Dave, for the team at OpenMedia > > P.S A tweet will take just a minute or two of your time, but will reach > the people making this crucial decision. Send a tweet today. If you > donât use Twitter, you can email the MEPs here too: > https://savethelink.org/tweet-your-mep-saveyourinternet?src=162696 > > Footnotes > 1. Article 13 could "destroy the internet as we know it": What is it, > why is it controversial and what will it mean for memes? > http://www.alphr.com/politics/1009470/article-13-EU-what-is-it-copyright > 2. Save Your Internet. https://saveyourinternet.eu/ 3. Copyright JURI > MEPs undecided. https://edri.org/files/Copyright_JURI_MEPs_undecided.pdf > I am sure I posted about this. I have also contacted CLare Moody MEP not sure from her response which way she will vote but I have suggested she votes against this. Paul -- http://www.zleap.net -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq