EU's upload filters are coming. Why and how the Open Source world must fight
them.
A year ago, I warned about some terrible
copyright legislation being drawn up in the EU that would have major adverse
effects on the Open Source world. Its most problematic provision would force many
for-profit sites operating in the EU to use algorithmic filters to block the
upload of unauthorized material by users. As a result of an unprecedented
campaign of misinformation, smears and outright lies, supporters managed to
convince/trick enough Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to vote in favour
of the the new Copyright
Directive, including the deeply flawed upload filters.
