10 reality-challenged ways that the EU's departing internet commissioner tried to destroy the internet

[renke]

@doctorow

poorly thought-through, evidence-free plans

this is a very polite way of describing Oettinger’s “ideas” (for lack of a better word)

my betting offer stands

The EU tried to craft a sane 21st century copyright and failed miserably

The responsible commisioner is Oettinger. He’s absolutely clueless about everything digital and I’m willing to bet that he never said one sane sentence about copyrights and the internet.