Wikipedia Italy Shuts Down to Protest Over E.U. Copyright Proposals

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The E.U.'s proposed copyright directive, in particular Article 11 and 13, has drawn an online protest from Wikipedia Italy for one day this week, with the site going offline to site visitors. Visitors didn't see their encyclopaedia entry, they saw a message in Italin which, when translated, read, "Wikipedia itself would be at risk of closing."

[bbc.co.uk...]

Earlier news on this proposed directive.
E.U. Legal Affairs Committee Votes for Article 11 and Article 13 Copyright Directive [webmasterworld.com]
Net Experts Open Letter Opposing E.U.'s Article 13 Copyright Provision [webmasterworld.com]
E.U.'s Proposed Copyright Directive Risks Excessive Censorship [webmasterworld.com]

[topr8]

>>"Wikipedia itself would be at risk of closing."

and this would be a problem because?

[lucy24]

and this would be a problem because?

Because then people who were born in Italy who now live elsewhere would no longer be able to look up cultural trivia from their childhood. (This is seriously the only thing I use wikipedia for. Not it.wikipedia, precisely, but the point still holds.)

[tangor]

One day? Ha Ha Ha! You heard the one about the ...