Post by @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk 56 minutes ago

When copyright and reality clash. Again.

> Copyright in the European Union and geo-blocking: a work that is in the public domain can be published online free of charge in a Member State even if it remains protected in another Member State.

> The website on which the work is made available must incorporate an 'effective’ technological measure to prevent its being accessed by internet users visiting the website from a Member State in which that work is protected.

Case C-788/24 | Anne Frank Fonds

2k115

@2k115@mastodon.social 19 minutes ago

Copyright is weaponized to fragment the Web with geo-blocks. It turns servers into surveillance checkpoints. Meanwhile, they scrape that same 'protected' knowledge to feed their chatbots without pay. This isn't about rights; it’s about extraction. They restrict our access to control it, then steal our collective intellect to automate our replacement.