because if not then it’s good bye. It’s worse than this weird tumblr purge, no internet user has a good excuse not to search it up and find and do all the ways we can to stop it
Here, just few things that inform about Article 13. There are posts about these same links already but they don’t have enough notice as they should and spreading the word more is just better SaveTheInternet sitewhich has everything you’d need to know and the possible consequences of Article 13 and also their petition A video by The Film Theory about Article 13. He explains it all very clearly and an easy way for everyone to understand. A lot of people have seen it but a chance someone hasn’t, it’s a good audio ‘n visual way to learn about it
Favorite thing about being a fic writer is the comments. No seriously unless you’re a fic writer you don’t understand the level of kindness and almost heroin-esque level high writers get from getting thoughtful feedback from loyal readers. It’s fantastic.
You may have heard about the efforts in Europe to reform copyright law. The debate has been ongoing in the European Parliament for months. If approved next week, these new regulations would require us to automatically filter and block content that you upload without meaningful consideration of your right to free expression.
We respect the copyrights and trademarks of others, and we take all reports seriously to ensure that your creative expression is protected. We make this clear in our Community Guidelines. There’s already a legal framework that works and is fair: Todaywe take down posts and media that contain allegedly infringing content when we receive a valid DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request. We also provide clear-cut ways for people to fight back if they believe their removed content was not a true violation. These instances are monitored and reported and live in our biannual transparency report.
The suggestion to use automated filters for issues of copyright is short-sighted at best and harmful at worst. Automated filters are unable to determine whether a use should be considered “fair use” under the law and are unable to determine whether a use is authorized by a license agreement. They are unable to distinguish legitimate parody, satire, or even your own personal pictures that could be matched with similar photographs that have been protected by someone else. We don’t believe that technology should replace human judgment.
Tumblr is and always has been a place for creative expression, and these new regulations would only make it harder for you to express yourself with the freedom and clarity you do so now.
If you access Tumblr from Europe and want to act, you can find more information on saveyourinternet.eu.
Please reblog this as much as you reblogged the posts about Net Neutrality.
If Article 13 is approved, European People might be basically banned from uploading any fan content.
You won’t get new fanfics from people in Europe.
You won’t get new gifs from people in Europe.
You won’t get new fanart from people in Europe.
Because they’ll be automatically filtered and blocked!
We might leave Tumblr and other fandom pages.
And if we’re getting all our content blocked?
You might lose some of your favourite followers/mutuals.
You might not get to read the rest of that fic you’re dying to read – simply because the writer lives in the wrong country.
So do whatever you can to help us stop this.
Reblog this.
CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO TELL THEM YOU DON’T WANT ARTICLE 13 TO BE APPROVED IF YOU’RE EUROPEAN! DO IT VIA THE HOMEPAGE
You want info on Article 13? Thank MatPat for an easy to understand and very clear explanation of it from his latest Film Theory episode. It’s not just YouTube and your favorite YouTubers in danger. MatPat even talked to one of the heads of YouTube and they basically said that this will change everything and hurt everyone. They even put it in easy to understand English.
It’s everyone on every. Social. Media. Platform. EVERYWHERE. And just because the wording of the document is extremely vague, the big companies will take advantage.
Everyone, spread the word.
Europeans, talk to your MEPs and explain calmly and clearly why this would hurt hundreds, if not thousands, if not MILLIONS of creators.
We have less than a month before things get worse. They’ve already tightened up privacy policies once this year because of the initial draft vote. If this passes, we’re all in trouble.
Get talking. Don’t let this slip by and cause ALL of us to suffer the consequences. We’re all creators. As creators, we also use things at some point or another that don’t belong to us. We’ve all used memes, whether or not we’ve known it.
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