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RE: The Death of Sharing Media: EU Approves Copyright Directive with 'Link Tax' and 'Upload Filter'
Laaaaaaaame that Steemit even bothered bowing down. Thought we were decentralized ? Why would we bother with the EU? WTF? Be about your shit or dont. FREEDOM shall WIN. RESPECT
Many Steemers are in the EU. Either Steemit is going to conform, or all the Steemers in the EU will be forcibly prevented from using Steemit.
It is the internet - not Steemit - that this attack is targeting. That's not a fight Steemit can win, but it's one that will be fought, and I am confident Steemit will be in there.
There are moves afoot right now to create a mesh network to replace the http: protocol. If that works, the EU will be completely null and void as affecting the content shared online.
But they jumped on board before being 'forced ' too..so NO..they will not fight. It seems they will lie down to preserve their interests . One does not just comply and then plan to fight. WE fight from day one.
I was going to reply to just one of your comments, but this one I think deserves, and has, a separate answer.
Sun Tzu wrote 'The Art of War'. Surrender is a tactic that can win a war. Not every battle can be won, and it is the war that matters. Not fighting battles you can't win leaves your forces intact for battles you might win.
Just fighting back when you're attacked, instead of considering all the options, including running away and recruiting more for the next battle (for example), will guarantee defeat.
Every battle is won before the forces are engaged.
All of these principles apply in this engagement, as well as wars fought with spears, guns, and missiles.
Indeed, thank you for this wisdom. I do have the weakness or flaw of just fighting. I need work on restraint and controlled engagement . RESPECT
It is like ANON..with all that power they do not fix shit. FAKE NEWS. I just wished people would be about what they preach. Key board activists, scared to actually do anything.
Or..wait..maybe the ALPHA version will have balls? The more and more I look around..the less I like what I see. We are the disenfranchised..the decentralized..the underground.we should NEVER conform.
I deeply resonate with your concerns, as I all too often run into talk that isn't walked. That being said, I have thought hard about discussion that occurred when the Steemit ToS was introduced.
Full Disclosure: I never accepted the ToS, and post with Busy, or Steempeak presently, so I have issues that I reckon haven't been addressed in my correspondence with legal@steemit.com and others. I'm not just a fanboy, but walk my critical talk in this matter.
I didn't expect Steemit to bow to the EU myself, and was as surprised as anyone by the ToS. While that contributed to my failure to adopt the ToS at the time, it isn't why I remain a dissenter now.
I don't think Steemit's anticipatory acceptance of EU edicts reflects poorly on Steemit in this case. As I pointed out, Steemit isn't the target, merely one of the casualties of an attack by a juggernaut on the internet itself.
I think Steemit could only resist the EU by committing suicide, and there's no point in that, as it would have no beneficial impact on the EU, and be devastating for you and I, and every Steemer.
I remain confident that Stinc will be eager to participate in effective action, such as the mesh network protocol that will actually benefit folks impacted by the EU's regulation by making it obsolete.
I am here because Steemit is censorship resistant - not for financial rewards - and I see that as the real point of a blockchain social media platform, not rewards. Any crypto could have served up rewards. Only the blockchain makes censorship resistance innate and effective.
Also, Alpha is the version that isn't released to Beta testers because it's too buggy. Omega is the end product.
tl;dr Steemit's ToS wasn't avoidable in terms of capitulating to the EU. The only alternative was the death of Steemit. The real battle will be a technological assault on regulation itself, and I am confident Steemit will be in it.
I appreciate your response. I usually tend to react with emotion and less restraint or cal m headed thinking when I see these things happen. Thank you for interacting with me in a way that is constructive and helpful.I do not think I accepted the ToS either. RESPECT
Yeah it sucks, but companies have laws to follow in jurisdictions. Steemit Inc. is a company, Steem is the blockchain that is separate from it.