Reblog: Copyright Week and Good News About Article 13

ao3_news_feed posted: Copyright Week and Good News About Article 13

On the last day of Copyright Week, the EU nations' Councils have voted on their positions on Article 13, and the majority have decided not to support it in its current form. This is good news for fans!...This result is powerful. It means that you can still continue to create fanworks and share them not only on AO3, but also on sites that would have been affected by Article 13, such as Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook.... Because there simply aren't algorithms capable of filtering for fair use, a lot of fair uses--including a lot of fanworks--would undoubtedly get caught in such filters. We know you don't want that! OTW Legal has argued against mandatory filtering proposals, and will continue to do so.

As the post says, not the end of the road but a weight off my mind!