Has the EU just killed the internet as we know it?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

OK, how about this, a person takes a picture of a copy write image (say Mickey Mouse), upload it to imgur, then make a meme with and post it, imgur would be liable?

If correct, this makes no sense and would be impossible to police/enforce.

Yup, in effect. Hence why, rather than bother to try and get a ‘license’ for said content it’s easier just to remove it. 

The practicalities of such legislation when it comes into force are almost impossible to determine. Probably unworkable.

But it won’t stop those who are anal about their IP from going after sites where they think they’ve got a shot of either monetising or removing it if it’s not posted on their terms.

Worth mentioning again, perhaps more damaging, is the Article 11 provision which effectively means news citations can (and probably will) be chargeable or will, again, be removed if the original news site objects to its content being posted elsewhere. Again, no idea how that will work in practice, but the idea itself and that fact that a parliament has green lighted it, is worrying.