On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
We just won a major victory in our battle to keep the
internet free [...] Our
established positions are
against corporate interests.
When the Guardian reported[1] on the recent European copyright campaign, as
supported by Wikimedia projects, their spin was that it served the
corporate interests of Facebook, Google and YouTube:
"Google, YouTube and Facebook
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/facebook> could escape having to
make billions in payouts to press publishers, record labels and artists
after EU lawmakers voted to reject proposed changes to copyright rules that
aimed to make the tech companies share more of their revenues."
The Guardian – a paper that has traditionally been a staunch supporter of
Wikimedia, and had Jimmy Wales on its board until last year – added,
"More than 1.3 billion users of Google-owned YouTube
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/youtube> regularly watch music
videos, making it the biggest music service in the world. However, artists
receive only 67 cents per user annually in royalties."
I guess it's all a matter of perspective.
A.
[1]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/05/youtube-could-escape-bil…