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https://juliareda.eu/2019/02/eu-copyright-final-text/
Horrible upload filters.
And with that quote, I would be violating the law once it goes into effect.
Read the article... And it is time to call all your elected officials to kill the related articles. (assuming you live in the EU.)
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Or not.
Some massive sites may end up just entirely blocking the EU and I have no doubts things like that will quickly make people change their minds.
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I admit that with Brexit, I really am not sure what the impact of these articles would be on a UK-based website. (I guess no one will really know until an actual deal is reached on how the UK leaves the EU.)
But there are potentially bad circumstances, because every link to an article is a financial liability on the website. Every quote from an article is also a potential liability even if it is user generated. That could mean a lot of money that needs to be paid out for a website like this in the EU that links to stories on other websites.
It also means that a website will need to add content filters that search for copyright infringement being uploaded or be held liable. Even if paying for upload filters, a website can be held financially liable if copyright-able content makes it on to the website and a court deems the steps taken by the website (with or without the upload filters) were not adequate.
That potentially means that any screenshot of a copyrighted game can be considered infringement, and this (or a different) website be held financially accountable. While a game developer/publisher is unlikely to go to court over a few screenshots on a review website; (after all, it is free publicity,) that attitude is quickly reversed if there are any negative or disparaging comments about their game. (e.g. A company will quickly claim copyright over screenshots if they have a negative review in order to remove the bad publicity.) And remember, this can happen even if it is an end-user of the website making the bad comments, not necessarily the website owner.
So, yes, a lot of bad ju-ju for these articles if they are ever instated.
Still, it's scary stuff with the way it's worded as the wording would put us under the rules since we've been in operating for years.
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I agree that publishers have long held the false view that piracy reduces their profits.
However, your point on censorship makes no sense. There are much easier ways to obstruct those fringe sites than inventing some copyright directives. Censorship of them isn't effective at all anyway. Buying, reconfigurating or closing them is much more effective-
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Here on the other side of the pond in the USA, we have the DMCA. Among other things, it does limit websites liability for uploaded user content provided that they abide by the regulation of a takedown system.
While a human is intended to be in the process and things like fair use are supposed to be allowed, the large copyright holders have pretty much automated the whole process, ignoring fair use, affecting tiny blogs that no one reads all the way up to Google/Youtube and other huge websites. Not only is fair use blatantly ignored, but sometimes the automated web crawling searching for copyright abuse has used single keywords as a basis for copyright abuse in spite of no infringing content whatsoever. It has also been used to quell bad online reviews.
Top 3 Copyright ‘Owners’ Sent Google a Billion Takedown Requests
Scammers Hit Pirate Game Sites With ‘Irreversible’ Google Takedowns
Also, as for not targeting small businesses...
From Torrent Freak's article on the new rules:
tl:dr In short, don't expect to avoid being hit by this just because you are not the intended target. Many things that were not targeted by the USA's DMCA laws have been hit, and in many cases intentionally. Corporations will abuse this system as well as long as they can get away with it.
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My comment above was my reaction toward the sentiment from slimithy that this will be used as some great tool of political censure, as it is a really common meme on youtube and among internet users. This is a would be a very weak and ineffective method. In my country nigh all the media has been transferred under government control. While the law was totally scrapped too, the media takeover happened with control of state ads and with the help of foreign businessmen. All these papers were transferred to 3-4 oligarchs, whom recently transferred them to the state. They now function as propaganda along with the public radio/TV stations.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/enrique-dans/google-news-leaving-spain_b_6325244.html
now the EU is also targetting android, and google said that they probably will have to charge for android license and google apps.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/16/17984074/google-eu-android-licensing-bundle-chrome-search
I agree monopolies are not good for economy but's that's not the way to tackle this, crippling and punishing google, you need to incentive other companies. the analogy would be crippling Messi or Barcelona because they simply win too much, it's just stupid. the way to do it, is promoting/incentivize smaller clubs to have better squads.