Day 8 of Article 13 Passage: EU Rejects Germany’s Blanket License Idea Drew Wilson | April 3, 2019 Germany has said that it will create a blanket license for the Internet. Unfortunately, EU officials have quickly struck that down, demanding filters.
Day 7 of Article 13 Passage: Innovation and Investment Heads for the Exits Drew Wilson | April 2, 2019 There have long been dire warnings of what Article 13 means for startups. Now, those fears for innovation are becoming reality.
Day 4 of Article 13 Passage: France Quickly Moves to Implement Filtering Drew Wilson | March 30, 2019 The laws aren’t meant to be implemented until 2021, but for France, the demise of the open Internet can’t come soon enough. They want to implement censorship quicker then that.
Day 3 of Article 13 Passage: Vote Breakdown Analyzed Drew Wilson | March 29, 2019 Three days in and European’s are taking this tragedy back to the political realm. First step: analyzing the vote breakdown.
Google’s Article 11 Compliant News Service Shows 45% Drop in Traffic Drew Wilson | February 15, 2019 In a rather timely update, Google says that its Article 11 compliant news service saw a 45% drop in traffic.
Google Considers Killing Google News in Europe Over Article 11 Drew Wilson | January 27, 2019 The debate over article 11 and article 13 continues. Now Google is considering dropping Google news because of the link tax.
Google Tests New Article 11 Compliant News Service Drew Wilson | January 22, 2019 As article 11 gets closer and closer to the next vote, Google is taking no chances and testing a legally compliant version of their search results.
