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Atralis
07/04/18 12:00:48 AM
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This will probably be a news pretty soon.
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DavidWong
07/04/18 12:04:46 AM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44696302

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Reiss
07/04/18 12:05:36 AM
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Thanks Ajit Pai
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Muffinz0rz
07/04/18 12:05:57 AM
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Reiss posted...
Thanks Ajit Pai

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s0nicfan
07/04/18 12:10:50 AM
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Good. Show the EU that tech is done with their bullshit.
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Questionmarktarius
07/04/18 12:13:35 AM
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UK is just the first "exit", in an inevitable avalanche.
When Germany bails, EU is pretty much done.
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Questionmarktarius
07/04/18 12:17:58 AM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
UK is just the first "exit", in an inevitable avalanche.
When Germany bails, EU is pretty much done.


oh boy i can't wait until the eu falls and european countries are back to only caring about themselves because that can't possibly go wrong

If history is any indication, that usually depends on Germany being an asshole or not.
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Duncanwii
07/04/18 12:55:11 AM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
UK is just the first "exit", in an inevitable avalanche.
When Germany bails, EU is pretty much done.


oh boy i can't wait until the eu falls and european countries are back to only caring about themselves because that can't possibly go wrong

Mutually assured destruction will hopefully keep countries from fighting too much.
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frozenshock
07/04/18 1:01:27 AM
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Uh...

Guys, I don't know, but my impression is that Wikipedia is protesting some copyright law or something, and Wikipedia itself shut down the italian wikipedia as protest >_>
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Darkrobotisback
07/04/18 1:02:36 AM
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Isn't it possible just to visit the US version of Wikipedia or something???
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Questionmarktarius
07/04/18 1:04:30 AM
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Darkrobotisback posted...
Isn't it possible just to visit the US version of Wikipedia or something???

Is it?
I wonder if "en-us" will have to split off from plain "en", or if Brexit means it doesn't have to.

Are they split already?
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frozenshock
07/04/18 2:13:35 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
Isn't it possible just to visit the US version of Wikipedia or something???

Is it?
I wonder if "en-us" will have to split off from plain "en", or if Brexit means it doesn't have to.

Are they split already?


Guys... it's not that Wikipedia is blocked in Italy.

It's that Wikipedia has blocked its italian-language page. It's blocked even for us in North America. See:

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Comunicato_3_luglio_2018

Here's a google translate of the Italian from the message:

Dear Readers,

On 5 July 2018 the European Parliament will decide whether to speed up the approval of the copyright directive. This directive, if promulgated, will significantly limit the freedom of the Internet.

Instead of updating the copyright laws in Europe to promote everyone's participation in the information society, it threatens online freedom and creates barriers to accessing the Net by imposing new barriers, filters and restrictions. If the proposal is approved, it may be impossible to share a newspaper article on social networks or find it on a search engine. Wikipedia itself would risk to close.

The proposal has already met with the firm disapproval of over 70 computer scientists, including web creator Tim Berners-Lee (here), 169 academics (here), 145 organizations working in the fields of human rights, freedom of the press, scientific research and the computer industry (here) and the Wikimedia Foundation (here).

For these reasons, the Italian Wikipedia community has decided to obscure all encyclopedia pages. We want to continue to offer a free, open, collaborative encyclopedia with verifiable content. We therefore ask all Members of the European Parliament to reject the current text of the directive and to reopen the debate by examining the many proposals of the Wikimedia associations, starting with the abolition of Articles 11 and 13, as well as the extension of the freedom of panorama to the whole EU and the protection of the public domain.

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frozenshock
07/04/18 2:15:31 AM
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This is not about net neutrality... this is about ridiculously restrictive copyright laws that are, according to some, a threat to freedom of expression.

Net neutrality is a big deal for consumers, but same goes for exaggerated copyright laws.

This is about copyright laws
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Questionmarktarius
07/04/18 2:43:46 AM
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frozenshock posted...
This is not about net neutrality... this is about ridiculously restrictive copyright laws that are, according to some, a threat to freedom of expression.

US: "So... DMCA"
EU: "Hey, hold my wine"
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CreekCo
07/04/18 5:21:15 AM
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Basically
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