thank you so much Stacco!! On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Stacco Troncoso < [email protected]> wrote:
> Here is the post: https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/censorship- > machines-are-coming-its-time-for-the-free-software- > community-to-discover-its-political-clout/2018/04/10 > > Other recent articles in the blog about this topic are compiled here, > please feel free to share: https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/tag/save- > the-link > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:19 AM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> dear all, >> >> this is NOT getting the attention it deserves, I'm hoping the p2p >> foundation blog can start diffusing important news on this vital topic, >> >> this should be a central concern to all of us: >> >> see: >> >> as Leina Mestrovic has observed, this is not getting the traction it >> deserves, these EU plans are nothing less than a thermonuclear option >> potentially obliterating free sofware, >> >> thanks to @juliet reda for being on the trenches on this: >> >> "The battle on the EU copyright reform proposal continues, centring on >> the plan to introduce upload filters. In short, online platforms would be >> required to monitor their users’ uploads and try to prevent copyright >> infringement through automated filtering. As most communication online >> consists of uploads onto different platforms, such “censorship machines” >> have broad consequences, including for free and open source software (FOSS) >> repositories. >> >> On these platforms, developers from across the world collaborate on >> software projects that anyone can freely use and adapt. Automated filters >> would be guaranteed to throw up many false positives. Automatic deletion >> means uploaders are presumed guilty until proven innocent: Legitimate >> contributions would be blocked. >> >> The recent outcry about this in the FOSS community is showing some >> results: Our concerns are getting lawmakers’ attention. Unfortunately, >> though, most are misunderstanding the issue and drawing the wrong >> conclusions. Now that we know how powerful the community’s voice is, it is >> all the more important to keep speaking up!" >> >> https://juliareda.eu/2018/04/free-software-censorship-machines/ >> >> >> -- >> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >> >> Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: >> http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation >> >> Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; >> http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Advocacy coordinator P2P Foundation <http://p2pfoundation.net/>. Project > lead commonstransition.org > Co-founder guerrillatranslation.org > > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens
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