Some people here don’t read or think things thru:
“allow trolls to use bots to file copyrights to content they don’t actually own, shutting down political discussion.”
So you don’t think that the DNC / SPLC wouldn’t have trolls wage copyright claims against FR and conservative sites, miring them in copyright defense legal bills?!
No, they can’t because it is EU law. Granted, they might get a Hawaiian judge to rule in their favor but it won’t stand.
Dispute the fact that EU copyright holders can seek judgement against US copyright violators:
U.S. Copyright Office - International Copyright
https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.htmlProxy Highlight
The United States became a member of the Berne
Convention on March 1, 1989. ... and other countries or under specific provision of a country’s national laws.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union ...
https://law.duke.edu/cspd/papers/nextsteps.docProxy Highlight
I then discuss the second wave: efforts embodied in
the European Union’s Enforcement Directive and the United States’ proposed INDUCE Act to provide even ...
The EU Copyright Directive as Compared to US Copyright Law and ...
scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.c...Proxy Highlight
Jul 1, 2006 ... This Article is brought to you for free
and open access by the Journals at Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. It has been accepted ...
Will EU copyright law ‘carpet bomb’ the digital world? | New ...
https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/201...Proxy Highlight
Jun 12, 2018 ... Article 13 of the EU’s Copyright
Directive, up for vote on 20 June, will impose ...
And I read everything, ok. So can the condescension.