EU situation should be looked at by everyone [LWN.net]

EU situation should be looked at by everyone

Posted Dec 12, 2023 22:12 UTC (Tue) by snajpa (subscriber, #73467)
In reply to: EU situation should be looked at by everyone by khim
Parent article: Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

From the Apache article:

> Although the IT industry is still small compared to other large industries and sectors, [...]

I mean it's really hard for me to take the whole article seriously after a statement like that. I've spent quite a bit of time today trying to uncover the actual evil in any of the drafts or existing relevant legislation, but 404 Not Found. All I see is FUD, which I have a strong feeling this pushback coming from the corporations _alone_, even if it's a foundation who's voice is being heard here. (where do the hundreds of millions $ in annual revenue come from, haha)

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EU situation should be looked at by everyone

Posted Dec 12, 2023 22:25 UTC (Tue) by snajpa (subscriber, #73467) [Link]

disclaimer: that is not to say there 100.0% is none evil hidden, only that I'm not seeing it: a major fault in GDPR and the right to be forgotten has become a backdoor how to shoot down scientific works years after them being published, that's not an outcome I expected, I was a GDPR supporter but I would love to see a few changes now if I could, sadly the debate is over and we've moved on to this one...