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Watch This Space: Our Filtered Future?

still reeling over the European Union's newly effective GDPR But hold onto your seat: writing last fall IP-infringing content. “Article 13” in the new EU Copyright Directive Electronic Frontier Foundation blog post Tuesday the provision would require all user content platforms that serve European users to adopt automatic filtering technologies to catch infringing content Ars Technica notes “Although this will pose little impediment to the largest platforms such as YouTube, which already uses its Content ID system to filter content, the law will create an expensive barrier to entry for smaller platforms and startups, which may choose to establish or move their operations overseas in order to avoid the European law.” And it's not just the EFF that's worried.  Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikimedia, Tim Wu of Columbia Law School, and Python programming language creator Guido van Rossum an open letter Daphne Keller had this to say >> Think Ahead:  Photo: European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Alexandra Lande/Shutterstock.com

Net Neutrality's Expensive Death (and Afterlife)

officially over Ajit Pai contributed article on CNET He didn't mention the not-insignificant sums of money that were spent lobbying on the issue last year.  MP McQueen which law firms benefited About 18 telecommunications companies, trade and conservative advocacy groups spent at least $110 million in 2017 OpenSecrets.org. groups trying to preserve net neutrality spent about two-thirds less—or $39 million. Internet and Television Association Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Williams & Jensen Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld There is likely plenty more work for law firms left do >> Think Ahead: Marc Martin, a telecom lawyer for Perkins Coie told The Verge

Protocol: 2 Crypto Things to Know

1. Blockchain startup Tezos is embracing “know-your-customer” regulations. Some folks who contributed to its blockbuster initial coin offering are less than thrilled. they will have to reveal their identities to get their tokens Bitcoinist reports Arthur Breitman  “Not my call.” >> Takeaway:  two different law firms 2. The cryptocurrency markets are sinking. Will more litigation follow? More than $42 billion Bloomberg reports reaction to the hack of an exchange in South Korea smaller than the $530 million heist from a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan earlier this year >> Think Ahead: 

Dose of Dystopia

letting anyone on the internet become an extra pair of police eyes The New York Times reports asking viewers to assist the force by watching over the city and reporting anything suspicious “Citizen Virtual Patrol.” “Wow, that seems really dangerous” Times could become a tool for burglars and would-be stalkers. Amol Sinha, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

That's all for this week! See you in the future!