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By Megan Farokhmanesh on Aug 23, 2018 “In the beginning, creators weren’t respected at all,” says YouTuber DeStorm Power. “We were actually looked at as weirdos. You put something on YouTube, and you’re a weirdo.” Today, Power is an Emmy-nominated creator who has more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube. He recently posted some videos on a new video platform Cuckoo specifically for a new concept called decentralization that he hopes will rival the likes of YouTube and Netflix. Cuckoo ,as a totally free platform, was developed with a decentralization-first mindset and a focus on free content — and the creators can control everything they want. The contents were controlled by creators and will be stored in fragmented form for ever, that may well be the future of how fans consume that content. The users will subscribe channel or share their videos based sharing codes, a variety of series, including talk shows, fitness, movies, dramas, music TV, sports and come...

By James Vincent on Sep 12th, 2018 The European Parliament has voted in favor of the Copyright Directive, a controversial piece of legislation intended to update online copyright laws for the internet age. The directive was originally rejected by MEPs in July following criticism of two key provisions: Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter” by critics. However, in parliament this morning, an updated version of the directive was approved, along with amended versions of Articles 11 and 13. The final vote was 438 in favor and 226 against. THE FIGHT IS FAR FROM FINISHED, CAN CUCKOO BE THE ANSWER? The fallout from this decision will be far-reaching, and take a long time to settle. The directive itself still faces a final vote in January 2019 (although experts say it’s unlikely it will be rejected). After that it will need to be implemented by individual EU member states, who could very well vary significantly in how they choose to interpret the...