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- Wikipedia will not be available 24 hours
- Wikipedia protests against proposed EU directive on the protection of copyright in digital single market
- Wikipedia says new law could restrict copyright freedom of the internet
"On July 4 at 15:00, the Polish Wikipedia community has chosen to darken the set of 24-hour virtual co-created volunteers, which will not be available to them. readers and publishers. "
Wikipedia made this decision. a communication – to oppose the proposed amendments to the copyright law discussed in the European Parliament.
"The Europarliamentaries in the vote of July 5 will decide to propose a proposal for a directive in plenary or let the JURI commission decide," reads
Wikipedia: a threat to the opening of Internet
According to Wikipedia, the proposed amendments to the Copyright and Copyright Directive threaten the openness of the Internet and the possibility of freely sharing knowledge on the Internet . ", Writes the communication of the association Wikimedia Polska
Wikipedia protests against the proposed EU directive on the protection of copyright in the digital single market. It's about changing the rules for publishing and tracking content on the Internet. The goal is, among other things, to fight against piracy. The project proposed by the European Commission provides, inter alia, that platforms such as Google, YouTube and Facebook should systematically scan the video content or the music provided by their users in terms of respect for copyright
" The wikipedesite protest concerns Articles 11 and 13, which according to Wikipedia's creators will significantly hamper the encyclopedia Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization behind Wikipedia, in the message of Eileen B. Hershenov warns that the introduction of the Directive in its current form will significantly reduce the amount of free content available on the Internet, and the costs of introducing content filtering mechanisms will result in the closure of small content providers that will not be able to put implement the mechanisms imposed by the directive "- convince activists of Wikimedia Polska in the messa sent.
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