Save Your Internet

My friends, some of you might already know this. Especially if you live in the EU. In case you don’t know what’s going on, here’s a lil summary:

Basically the European Council and the European Commission are currently working towards the European version of Net Neutrality. Kind of.

There’s a provision called Article 13 mandating that everything that’s uploaded to the internet should be monitored and deleted if it seems to violate Copyright. Sounds like a good idea; no one wants their content stolen, right? Problem is, this requires filtering systems which small online platforms won’t be able to provide. So they most likely will have to shut down. This would lead to a very restricted version of the internet, where only big platforms would have the chance to exist. Plus sharing gifs, memes, fan art, or remixes would be prohibited because of copyright. It wouldn’t make a difference if you link your source of inspiration, it would simply be illegal.

If you want further information, just use google. Or take a look at this neat webiste saveyourinternet.eu (there are different languages avaible, just click on one of the bubbles in the upper right corner of the webiste to chose another language) For more in depth information you can find more resources here.

Yesterday (20 June) the Legal Afairs Committee (juri) voted with a 15:10 majority in favour of Article 13 (x). Here’s a list of the Members of the European Parliament who voted in favour. But there’s still a chance of the European Parliament plenary to stop Article 13. The plenary will take place on July 4-5.

If you feel like maybe you should do something abt this, you can:

write an email to your country’s MEPs (you can find a list with all the MEPs here, choose your country, select a name and click on the email icon)

call your country’s MEPs if you feel talkative

or tweet them (you can find their twitter here, same as with the email)

OR you can just go to saveyourinternet.eu where you can easily access all the ways to contact you MEPs

Protect your rights as an EU citizen, Contact you MEPs, Save Your Internet

Art Theft by Old Navy

My art gets stolen all the time.

I have been through many copyright infringement cases - some have been resolved amicably, and there are ones that have taken more work. This case against Old Navy (Gap) is not getting resolved right now because Old Navy is denying copyright infringement.

They are being totally unapologetic, and have said that it would be a “bad business decision” for me to expect to be reasonably compensated for the use of my art. Instead of compensating me, they have chosen to pay a large law firm to fight me, and have even asked the judge to order me to pay THEIR legal fees.

When a company as large and mainstream as Old Navy steals my art and profits from it, and is unapologetic about it, I cannot afford NOT to fight this. My lawyers and I will be fighting this for as long as it takes.

Thank you for all your support. Please feel free to repost this!

Lili

#fightingformyart #stoparttheft #copyrightinfringement

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7 years ago

Essay-writing PSA

Dear Students: as Spinster Aunt of Tumblr and sometime College Writing Instructor, I have unsolicited advice for you. Do sit down and have a cup of tea.

Writing is a learned skill.

Writing is hard.

Writing gets easier with practice.

The quality of your writing does not automatically reflect the quality of your ideas.

By the same token, a critique of your writing is not the same thing as a critique of your ideas.

(I’m putting that in bold because I think it’s very important; I have seen lots of creative, insightful ideas hidden in bland or unclear prose.)

Essay prompts are designed to help you.

Office hours are designed to help you. (If your teachers don’t have office hours, it’s probably because they cannot afford to. It’s a long, sad story.)

Time spent with your own ideas is always worthwhile.

Time spent revising your own writing is always worthwhile.

Go forth and conquer! Send your ideas out into the world! And remember: writing is a learned skill. Writing is hard. Writing gets easier with practice. Oh, and tea helps.

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7 years ago

#seniorquote

when the story is just not working, but you keep writing anyway

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7 years ago

Okay seriously. Reblog if you're OLDER than 11.

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5 years ago

when people ask where you see yourself in 10 years

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5 years ago

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Invitation

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7 years ago

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7 years ago

Calling all One Day at a Time fans and pro-LGBTQIA+ and Latinx representation folks - this is not a drill!

This message is from a co-showrunner of One Day at a Time on Netflix.

They need viewers over the next few days to watch four or more shows to help keep it on the air! LET’S DO THIS!!!

The show has an out teen lesbian main character!

Who now has a non-binary sweetheart!

A single Latinx mom who is out of the military and working on her PTSD.

RITA MORENO!!!

WE CAN’T LET THIS GIFT TO THE WORLD GO AWAY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH 4 OR MORE EPISODES THIS WEEK IF YOU CAN, AND PLEASE SHARE!!!

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7 years ago

Reblog if you understand the difference between being obsessed with fictional relationships and being obsessed with real ones. One is called “shipping” and the other is called harassing celebrities

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