Internet News: The EU Copyright Directive is about to make the internet worse

Posted: 2019-01-20 11:00:03

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Comparite.ch set out to understand how Article 13 would impact gaming and in particular streaming on popular platforms like Twitch. They surveyed 1,500 video game streamers about how they would respond to the proposed filtering of copyrighted material before it is posted online.

Here is what they found on - Article 13 threatens video game streamers in the EU...

45.6% of streamers would be dissuaded from streaming gameplay if they could be held liable for copyright violations.

44.8% of respondents would switch to a different streaming platform if their current one prohibited viewers from Europe and the alternative did not.

Only 36.6% said they would continue streaming/uploading if European viewers were barred from watching