If I'm reading the 2nd article correctly, the current situation is that the European Parliament will vote on July 9 whether to recommend removing the freedom-of-panorama exception, but whether that recommendation would be acted on is up to the European Commission. That's better than it being actually passed into binding rules on July 9, but I think some level of concern is warranted. It would definitely be better if the EU Parliament didn't make that recommendation. But it's true that some articles are implying EU copyright law will actually be changed on July 9, which is not the case.

I like how The Register uses an unnamed "campaigner" to call the MEP "a cheerleader for the freetards". Classy.

The Register is the Daily Mail of IT news.

Sad isn't it? el Reg used to be more the Sun of IT news, so at least there was a cheeky sense of fun. Now it's just wild-eyed and scary.

Also it amuses me how obsessed they are with "Storage," a concept we on this site never talk about. Different worlds...

It's a very serious problem for Wikimedia, because it would force them to remove virtually all photos of public buildings and works of art in Europe.

Baker's Law (just named it - let's hope it catches on): If a theregister.co.uk article appears that has a controversial standpoint related to intellectual property then the probability it will be penned by Andrew Orlowski approaches 1.