The EU is preparing to tax the internet out of existence

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The EU is preparing to tax the internet out of existence

Jazz ShawPosted at 8:41 am on January 22, 2019

Well, it’s not exactly a “tax” per se, but more like a series of fees being paid between content providers and aggregators. The EU has been working on a new copyright law since last summer which is now in the final stages of consideration in the EU Parliament. On the surface, it sounds fairly harmless. They claim to be building a system where internet content creators will have full ownership of the work they produce and be paid for the use of such content. What’s not to like, right?

The devil is in the details. Articles 11 and 13 of this act contain some hefty restrictions. Under the provisions of this legislation, any content aggregator would be forced to enter into an agreement with every content creator they feature and compensate them if they show a snippet of text from their publications or an embedded image. (Android Central)

https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/22/eu-preparing-tax-internet-existence/

[Fishrrman]

If the EU wants to make it impossible for internet providers to do business in Europe, that's their problem.

Who cares?

[Wingnut]

If the EU wants to make it impossible for internet providers to do business in Europe, that's their problem.

Who cares?

Or in China or Russia.  In socialist and communistic countries the Internet is a Joseph Goebbels dream.  And cumming to america soon.