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Bad news... The law passed and will most likely go into effect in January. I'm getting in contact with Patreon to see if they have any advice, but this ridiculous law seems to be a reality now.

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Tl;dr: They've come to take your Orange Buttcheeks away again. If you're in the EU, click here to write your representative to oppose article 13.

Whoohoo! Everyone's favorite topic, internet censorship! So last august we talked about article 13 of the EUCD, a law which would force companies to take down copyrighted materiaal from their websites.

The idea is this:

"John has got a blog, but he has taken an image from Google without asking and is now forced to take it down because the original photographer didn't give him permission." <- Not an entirely unreasonable stance to take. However...

Youtube, Tumblr, Patreon and a lot of other major companies cannot police their entire medium, so they'll have to start using bots instead. What's the difference between copyright infringement and parody? A bot can't tell and will filter out anything that even closely resembled copyrighted material.

Now a small minority of you might say:

"But I don't think this is a bad thing!"

Fine, so let's see what the negative repercussions of this might be. Bots taking down copyrighted material can also be used to restricted other material. Like having the wrong political opinion. Support party X? Better not talk about it, because all your comments, videos, podcasts, etc. will be taken down before ever reaching the public.

What about the future? Giving up your freedom now means giving up a little bit more in a year or 2, and then a bit more 2 years after that.

Luckily, there is something you can do. If you live in the EU you can contact your representative in parlement and ask them to oppose the bill, just like we did back in august. it's easily done via this website:

https://saveyourinternet.eu/

Just e-mail or call your representative and ask them to oppose the bill. Be polite about it and be serious. Talking about 'Taking away the memes' isn't going to sway their opinion.

It's a duty to ourselves and our neighbors that this act is stopped, right here right now. Thank you for reading.

Comments

Shawn

It's not just article 13, it's all social media too unless otherwise stated by their CEO (minds, mewe, gab, etc). We all saw what happened with Alex Jones. Everyone is in the crosshairs worldwide unless something drastic happens. If you're in the EU, I seriously hope you straighten out the executive decisions of your lawmakers to fundamentally change your nations for the worst. The US and all other new multiculti nations are beginning their death spiral on that front too.

Stargazer

done.... I even added a part to ask them to put stand against the censorship coming into the Digital Economy Act here in the UK

Shawn

I heard about you guys soon needing loicenses to view porn over there. Is that a part of the Digital Economy Act? How fucked is stuff across the pond for our former motherland?

Albatros

Honored European "freedom". It's good that I live in Russia, there is much more freedom here))

Shawn

In some ways, more than America the way it's turning about.

Albatros

I think that agrees with you in this. There for a long time have forgotten that such freedom of thought and word. At least this is my opinion based on most on rumors.

Tuuku

you either havent lived in Russia or havent lived in America because they are very different, America has far more official freedoms than Russia. Though due to Russia's homogeneity there are far less social issues which make things seem to have less social conflict because many people are just content with their surroundings.

Albatros

As I wrote above, my opinion about America consists exclusively of rumors, so that you are most likely right.

Thomas Sperl

I disagree! Your government forces foreign schools and organizations to declare themselves "foreign agents" (even if they don't have any political agenda what so ever!) and your government hates gays and lesbians...not to mention that Putin is a land-grabbing autocrat! Still, I agree that the EU is turning that direction (autocratic surveillance state!), too sadly :(

Deamonor

Well, they´ve voted yes, so... it was a fun time and game, goodbye and good luck with the future. "So this is how Liberty dies, with thunderous applause." Padme

Shawn

Lol, Europe just fucked itself. Maybe it's time to give your lawmakers consequences for their actions. Too bad some of you don't have guns or even knives to defend yourself, your family, or your rights anymore because your governments considered it best for your safety.

Shawn

Aside from what was just done, did Europeans have many liberties to begin with?

Anonymous

oh shit it was a verry nice game and i hope you find a way to publish that to the end

exiscoming

Law won't go into effect until Januari. Meaning I still have a few months left to finish it!

exiscoming

Depends on the country, but in overall I'd say we have the same or sometimes even more than the US. However the EU tries to regulate more and more and it's not always for the better.

Shawn

When it comes to drugs, I'd say there's more freedom on that end but I don't see any other significant liberties. I do see immigration being forced down the throats of your women and their other various orifices though and I almost feel bad for your nations. Your nations used to have almost complete cultural/racial homogeneity and that led to fewer social problems, even allowing your countries to have state funded healthcare. Russia seems like the only white country left without severe social issues, the only drawback is an autocratic government as far as I can tell. Your governments wield too much power over their citizenry and if the will of the people isn't felt by your lawmakers, you will lose your nations to the immigrants who bring all their worst baggage with them and have zero inclination to integrate within your society. They will do two things before they take over your nations, they will kill you as they have your women and they will outbreed you until they have a majority over your nation. Once they do that, how do you think other nations across the world will fair once they can use your nation's arsenal? I hate to get all dark but unless a major shift happens consciously, the west is fucked.

Shawn

Oh, on your update to the original post: don't be surprised if Patreon tells you to get fucked and doesn't give you advice. The company founder doesn't like having porn on his fundraising platform.

Canjun

Use a server from like Pakistan their copyright laws are nearly nonexistent

Canjun

I use one to get crap tons of roleplaying books

AMurderByCrows

This is bullshit! It's not like there's not a warning on these types of games explicitly warning that there's adult content. Plus this is a closed project, those who know about it are downloading it on purpose through donations. You have all your bases covered, I don't see what the big deal is. They can go fuck themselves on the censorship issue. I will still continue to support this project to completion. I got your back.

Devourer of Plums

That's complete and utter nonsense. Where are you getting that BS from?

Shawn

Are you saying I'm putting out BS? If you are, go ahead and point out what you think is BS and I'll break it down Barney style for you point by point. I have no problem speaking out about European countries because they can't take me to jail for it, they likely would if I were in Britain or any other non-slavic European country.

Victor Lewis

this isent really the end of the game you can always use a vpn or have someone els run the website in the US. Something like that. Look at insexual awakening their game is still being released just not on parreon

Shawn

Tell me exactly what you think is wrong instead of blanketing it with a single sentence, that's intellectually lazy. The burden is on you if you want to change the mind of a "racist" who hurt your ever so delicate sensibilities. I really have no reason to consider you an honest actor in this discussion whatsoever; I've given you multiple chances over these past two weeks and you delivered nothing. I told you that I would provide evidence, even breaking things down into bite-sized portions even the feeblest of minds could have comfortably consumed and yet you still cowered. Are you so afraid of this confrontation because you may change your mind?

Anonymous

Just hope everything will be ok &lt;3

Devourer of Plums

No. You're the one making the claims. The burden of proof is on you. And since you're spewing the same BS as Neo Nazis the "racist" part is already proven.

Loradeon

hey since i'm a broke fan this is the only place i've been able to message (i tried PM, you don't show up). I was just wondering what the 9/28 update means for the demo?

Mirrodin

Signed. Love your work dude.

Beepy

Currently on a 3$ pledge, but I can’t see your 3$ posts, I made sure I choose the right tier and reward. What’s happening?

Anonymous

The niggering cannot be stopped

Anonymous

Quadruple Nigger

Anonymous

Quintilian nigger