EU Article 13 copyright architect has tweeted copyrighted content
- 6 years ago
STRASBOURG — Last week the European Union got one step closer to neutering the Internet.
Article 13 is designed to prevent copyright infringement via automated systems and filters. Critics say it's censorship by other means and that it'll end free speech as we know it.
It's being pushed by German EU lawmaker Axel Voss. The man's official Twitter account has featured some parody in the past.
A series of tweets labelled, "Turn of the eras in the digital age," from May 2015 show three satirical images lamenting the Internet.
In July, BuzzFeed Germany discovered a slew of copyrighted images on his Facebook and Twitter pages. Apparently, the Facebook images were deleted after the website reached out to him for comment.
According to a Google translation of the article, Voss or his staff didn't really tell the site if he had the right to use them.
We've reached out to Mr Voss with some questions.
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/601461106742140928
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/605037432833208320
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/602773447207481344
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/861669466161258496
Article 13 is designed to prevent copyright infringement via automated systems and filters. Critics say it's censorship by other means and that it'll end free speech as we know it.
It's being pushed by German EU lawmaker Axel Voss. The man's official Twitter account has featured some parody in the past.
A series of tweets labelled, "Turn of the eras in the digital age," from May 2015 show three satirical images lamenting the Internet.
In July, BuzzFeed Germany discovered a slew of copyrighted images on his Facebook and Twitter pages. Apparently, the Facebook images were deleted after the website reached out to him for comment.
According to a Google translation of the article, Voss or his staff didn't really tell the site if he had the right to use them.
We've reached out to Mr Voss with some questions.
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/601461106742140928
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/605037432833208320
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/602773447207481344
https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/861669466161258496