European Union leaders appear to believe they’re about to spell the end of the “meme” by passing a series of copyright protections for intellectual property holders known as the Copyright Directive.
The new laws aim to curb any use of copyrighted material, even if that material is made into a derivative work, or an internet meme — and the new protections would allow companies like Google and Facebook, who operate social media sites and can control content, to pull “questionable” material that could be subject to a copyright claim.
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