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Re: European Parliament approves copyright reform

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Post by Chris2048 »

turbinerneiter wrote: post #8
trkh0 wrote: post #6

Wonder how everyone here who keep praising and extolling everything the EU does has to say about this. Edit: being downvoted to oblivion suggests either that they are in denial or there are many paid shills around or both, either way I rest my case.

Literally nobody is doing that. Young EU supporters, like me, are the very people who were demonstrating against this. We are caught between reckless Brexiteering nationalists and a lobby-bought EU parliament.

Perhaps if you see EU parliament as "lobby-bought", you can accept there is good reason to oppose the EU, and stop calling brexiteers "nationalists".

Re: European Parliament approves copyright reform

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Post by FabHK »

trkh0 wrote: post #6

Wonder how everyone here who keep praising and extolling everything the EU does has to say about this. Edit: being downvoted to oblivion suggests either that they are in denial or there are many paid shills around or both, either way I rest my case.

Well, it's a damn shame, a lamentable mistake. Maybe it is even indicative of structural issues. (Having said that, the EU is still one of my favourite jurisdictions to be based in. And there are not many people that extol "everything the EU does"; things are rarely black and white.)

Re: European Parliament approves copyright reform

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Post by cotelletta »

Clueless twats. I will look up all who voted for this farce and let them know individually it will haunt them for the rest of their political career.

No forgiveness for kneecapping free expression in return for some lobbyist euros and pretending it protects artists.

And to the artists who were dumb enough to believe it: if your art wasn't mediocre you wouldn't have any trouble drawing the attention of the copyright industry, as they are always looking for something new to milk. So you traded off a big break that won't happen anyway for the collective right to free expression of the entire Union. Good job, you utter tossers.

Re: European Parliament approves copyright reform

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Post by sadris »

turbinerneiter wrote: post #8
trkh0 wrote: post #6

Wonder how everyone here who keep praising and extolling everything the EU does has to say about this. Edit: being downvoted to oblivion suggests either that they are in denial or there are many paid shills around or both, either way I rest my case.

Literally nobody is doing that. Young EU supporters, like me, are the very people who were demonstrating against this. We are caught between reckless Brexiteering nationalists and a lobby-bought EU parliament.

Maybe you should have sided with the nationalists all along?

Re: European Parliament approves copyright reform

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Post by trkh0 »

turbinerneiter wrote: post #8
trkh0 wrote: post #6

Wonder how everyone here who keep praising and extolling everything the EU does has to say about this. Edit: being downvoted to oblivion suggests either that they are in denial or there are many paid shills around or both, either way I rest my case.

Literally nobody is doing that. Young EU supporters, like me, are the very people who were demonstrating against this. We are caught between reckless Brexiteering nationalists and a lobby-bought EU parliament.

There is no denying that postings here get hijacked by those who praise every fine and law directed at american tech companies so they should know or admit it if they do that this "directive" is part of that trend.

Re: European Parliament approves copyright reform

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Post by barrkel »

Chris2048 wrote: post #11
turbinerneiter wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Literally nobody is doing that. Young EU supporters, like me, are the very people who were demonstrating against this. We are caught between reckless Brexiteering nationalists and a lobby-bought EU parliament.

Perhaps if you see EU parliament as "lobby-bought", you can accept there is good reason to oppose the EU, and stop calling brexiteers "nationalists".

There are no polls left showing support for Leave, and still parliament is pursuing it. Good reason to leave UK.

Re: European Parliament approves copyright reform

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Post by cbg0 »

DarkWiiPlayer wrote: post #16

Am I the only one who kinda feels like I'm not living in a democratic system anymore? Not saying this is the first such thing that happens, but it's probably the one that will make me stop using the word to refer to the society I live in.

Which part of this was not democratic?
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