Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-31486859-20180909144258/@comment-36596195-20180909170858

Dinosaurus1 wrote: Wait, what? What is it about? What’s happening? Basically, the EU is trying to censor the web by making it so that Wikia and other websites has to remove anything that "isn't used without permission". That might sound good in theory, but in practice that would be pretty disasterous. Take this very wiki as an example. I didn't ask Nintendo for permission to use the Oshawott in my Profile Pic, so if the law passes I would have to change it to something else. We also don't ask SMG4 for permission to use screenshots of his videos to use on this very wiki, so if the law passes we would basically have to remove all of them. It doesn't just apply to pictures though. It could also effect video, or even a MENTION. If SMG4 wanted to (not that he would), he would legally be allowed to shut the entire wiki down with no due process whatsoever. That's just me simplifying things however. The law hasn't been passed yet from what I can tell. I don't live in Europe, but it would still effect me because this website is accessable across the entire globe. That's all I have to say on the matter.