Re Lauren's Blog: "Why We May Have to Cut Europe Off from the Internet"

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
> Date: June 8, 2018 at 8:06:27 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Lauren's Blog: "Why We May Have to Cut Europe Off from the Internet"
>
> Dave, and everyone:
>
> Contrary to Lauren's alarmist rhetoric, enforcement of copyrights is not censorship - though some large companies, 
> including a very large one for which he has worked, would like to characterize it as such so as to minimize creators' 
> rights and maximize its own profits. These companies also wish to continue to harvest content for free and profit 
> from it without compensating the authors. And the European Union's principle that you have a "right to be forgotten" 
> is a thorn in the side of privacy-invading edge providers, who wish to create permanent and comprehensive dossiers on 
> the personal affairs of every Internet users. In short, the regulations are harmful only to parties which are doing 
> harm.
>
> For more information on what is actually being done in Europe, see the general factsheet at
>
> http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=52749
>
> For more specific information on the provisions of Article 11, see
>
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2017/596834/IPOL_BRI%282017%29596834_EN.pdf
>
>
> --Brett Glass



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