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RE: EU Link Tax & Upload Filters Proposal - Why It's a Bad Idea #saveyourinternet
Great post! Especially relevant to those of us who continously post series which are heavily link based (like your new Pixabay series, or my "Trending Bitcoin News" series ( recent one : https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@bitcoinsandgravy/trending-bitcoin-news-14-june-8th-2018 ). These are VALUABLE posts to many people here on Steemit, AND they draw new consumers to the original content (and content creators). In MY personal opinion, such proposed measures would ONLY be (somewhat) fair if they were implemented through the blockchain (like Steemit) and thus give BOTH the content creator AND the sharer of that content a FAIR piece of the overall monetization. Of course, this is ultimately a "lesser of the evils" solution...
My biggest gripe with this law is that it adds an unneeded layer to the whole existing copyright system. Especially when they would consider small snippets as copyrighted. Just doesn't seem very fair to me. The original creator doesn't lose any revenue because someone quoted something from their article. No, I think they might even get more readers because of it, as long as everything is accompanied by a source.
That said, there are limits to everything, I certainly do not think you should just be able to copy anything. Use of copyrighted images without permission isn't okay IMO.
I agree - referenced quotes = free promotion. I would not complain about that.
May common decency prevail in honoring one's sources!
Promoting awareness of productive minds and their work is in the end just good for everyone, rewards aside.
Agreed!