{"id":6482,"date":"2019-02-09T12:14:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T17:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/general\/?p=6482"},"modified":"2019-02-13T00:20:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:20:25","slug":"article-13-will-it-really-affect-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/general\/2019\/02\/09\/article-13-will-it-really-affect-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 13, will it really affect the U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh how I hate arguing about politics with friends or family (because I often lose said arguments)…
\nSo, most of you should know about ‘Article 13’, which will affect the EU in a way to where it will essentially, ban memes for most of Europe (making it actually illegal to use someone else’s content.. even if you aren’t planning to profit off of it). And anytime politics gets in the way of the internet, the internet fights back. Hence, the legal battle of to hopefully bring back Net Neutrality in the US (so ISPs won’t screw us over with cable TV-like plans).
\nAnd you’re probably asking yourself “wait… you said Article 13 is in the EU, why are you talking about this, when you’re American?” Well, this is today’s discussion …even though I didn’t<\/em> want to talk about it. There’s certain political topics I try my best to stay clear away from, and this is one of them.
\n…But, drama happened in Kovo’s Discord server, with one friend posting a link of Article 13 and saying how it’s very important to vote, and another saying he’s not going to waste his time as he’s an American, and a British guy saying that this guy is “letting him down”.
\nMyself, remembering videos that Article 13 would actually affect the US (but in a different form, according to a few videos) decided to speak up, only to get two paragraphs worth of “we have laws that prohibit this”. Yet with how unstable our government has been since Trump took office (and it’s only getting more childish as the days go on), I wouldn’t be surprised if the EU actually tried to become a ‘global superpower’ (as one video said), and threaten our right to fair use.. which is a legitimate concern, to this day.<\/p>\n

If you don’t know what ‘fair use’ is (and why it’s extremely important to keep intact), it’s essentially what Article 13 is. Creators, thinking they can say “I own this content! If you use it, I will sue you!” However, there are lots<\/em><\/strong> of exceptions to this rule, and the best way I’ve seen them displayed, is this video;
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