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by 1023bytes 1218 days ago
So is it a good or a bad change?
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In my lifetime, all copyright changes have either been term extensions or measures that effectively strengthened copyright protections like the DMCA. So if I had to guess...
The EU has effectively copied the DMCA, so no.
It's way worse than DMCA actually. With DMCA you can get takedown requests when one of your users uploads copyrighted works. Comply with the takedown requests in reasonable ways and you're fine.

The EU legislation means that platforms are liable beforehand.

No which? Not good, or not bad?
If it even remotely resembles the DMCA, then it can't be good.
Copyright law changes aren't good or bad; they serve certain people's interest and harm others'. Is it a good change or a bad change? That depends on what you want out of the law.
The quantity of people on either side is extremely unbalanced. A select few win, most of humanity loses.