{"id":27316,"date":"2018-11-30T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=27316"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:33:10","slug":"will-joy-be-lost-without-the-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/will-joy-be-lost-without-the-memes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Is it memes you&#8217;re looking for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Critics warn that the proposed copyright directive will hamper down on the creativity of the internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Voice of London boiled down the basics in the graphic below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27344\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27344\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Graph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic: Mohammed Hamid<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/is-this-the-death-of-memes\/\">Is the death of memes near?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YouTube has been running a series of ads against article 13 and the proposed changes stating it \u201cwill create large unintended consequences for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-27316 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/youtube-screen-shot-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Youtube-Screen-shot-1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-27324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-1-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-1-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-27324'>\n\t\t\t\tSource:\thttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FUNnYmEmEs01\/photos\/a.250797891712210\/1177715525687104\/?type=3&amp;theater\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/meme-gallery-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-27325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-2-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-2-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-27325'>\n\t\t\t\tSource: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1448465591863160\/photos\/a.1489296301113422\/2010158985693815\/?type=3&amp;theater\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/meme-gallery-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-3-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-27326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-3-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-3-1-300x298.png 300w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Meme-Gallery-5-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-27328\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-27328'>\n\t\t\t\tSource: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldstarhiphop\/photos\/a.389225761144185\/2542951832438223\/?type=3&amp;theater\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/yeet-meme\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/yeet-meme-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-27343\" 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