[P2P-F] Important alert: free software freedom is under threat

Wed Apr 11 14:42:58 CEST 2018

thank you so much Stacco!!

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Stacco Troncoso <
staccotroncoso at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:

> Here is the post: https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/censorship-
> machines-are-coming-its-time-for-the-free-software-
> community-to-discover-its-political-clout/2018/04/10
>
> Other recent articles in the blog about this topic are compiled here,
> please feel free to share: https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/tag/save-
> the-link
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> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:19 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> dear all,
>>
>> this is NOT getting the attention it deserves, I'm hoping the p2p
>> foundation blog can start diffusing important news on this vital topic,
>>
>> this should be a central concern to all of us:
>>
>> see:
>>
>> as Leina Mestrovic has observed, this is not getting the traction it
>> deserves, these EU plans are nothing less than a thermonuclear option
>> potentially obliterating free sofware,
>>
>> thanks to @juliet reda for being on the trenches on this:
>>
>> "The battle on the EU copyright reform proposal continues, centring on
>> the plan to introduce upload filters. In short, online platforms would be
>> required to monitor their users’ uploads and try to prevent copyright
>> infringement through automated filtering. As most communication online
>> consists of uploads onto different platforms, such “censorship machines”
>> have broad consequences, including for free and open source software (FOSS)
>> repositories.
>>
>> On these platforms, developers from across the world collaborate on
>> software projects that anyone can freely use and adapt. Automated filters
>> would be guaranteed to throw up many false positives. Automatic deletion
>> means uploaders are presumed guilty until proven innocent: Legitimate
>> contributions would be blocked.
>>
>> The recent outcry about this in the FOSS community is showing some
>> results: Our concerns are getting lawmakers’ attention. Unfortunately,
>> though, most are misunderstanding the issue and drawing the wrong
>> conclusions. Now that we know how powerful the community’s voice is, it is
>> all the more important to keep speaking up!"
>>
>> https://juliareda.eu/2018/04/free-software-censorship-machines/
>>
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