As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive. Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf,
Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
“I like pursuing new endeavors. That’s part of the reason I wanted to direct. I like to create things. I’m a Gemini. I’m always looking for something new.”
Happy 37th Birthday, Chris Evans! (June 13th, 1981)
no disrespect to the shows, but i think the fact that for the past three years of tonys (2016-2018), one show swept the awards is indicative of a very broken voting system
a song for the leavers, departing the West End cast of Les Miserables this month [ 10/11 ] :: hyoie o’grady :: enjolras; 2017—2018.
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Thanks to @lumeha‘s idea (read : pun), here is my participation for Barricade Day !!
VIVA LA REEVEELUTION !!!
Lots of decisions here were based on their french names, so it’s a bit hard to translate, like Combeferre being a Mentali, as is Bahorel. Prouvaire and Joly are of course plant-based, and Bossuet is an Umbreon / Noctali because they evolve by friendship. Courf was the hardest, and is finally a Jolteon because of their energy and creation of electric fire. Also I’m not sure Grantaire is an AQUAli, but that’s just my bad puns spirit acting up again.
(my favourite is probably Prouvaire. He was the hardest to draw, but the cutest too (and recites some Nerval, so… fav))
Also the blue used for several ears and eyes, mainly Combeferre’s, is called Napoleon Blue. Marius is avenged.
(you can find those adorable babies as stickers in my redbubble)
I always thought that it sounded like a lullaby, and what is better suited for lullabies than music boxes?
I used the arrangement from official songbook for voice and piano. It’s not the prettiest arrangement since it shortens the second verse but I think it still sounds nice.
“What happens at the beginning of Ragnarok is so destabilizing for both Thor and Loki. They are all they have; as in, there’s nothing left. Everyone’s gone—Odin’s gone, Frigga’s gone, the Warriors Three are gone, Asgard is basically gone. And so Thor and Loki turn to each other and say, you’re all I have left. And actually, that’s enough.” - Tom Hiddleston [Empire Podcast]
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