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Sounds overly dramatic, but hear me out:

Discovering the internet was magical: to find out that not only were there other people out there who shared my interests, but belonging to a community of people who create and discuss things. As a socially awkward child who loved Pokemon and drawing, I loved it. (Probably too much...)

I would come to enjoy watching: video game lets plays, reviews, fan animations, remixes and fan art. I promised myself that when ready, I would give back to the community by making my own content. While I would have loved to turn it into a career, I understood that was unlikely and i'd settle for doing it as a hobby.

But Europe plans to implement a new copyright directive that includes "Article 13" which makes websites liable for user uploaded content which could be considered copyright infringing and thus requires implementing filters. (While the article no longer specifies that websites NEED to use content ID filtering, it seems like the only feasible way to monitor the abundance of uploads. Example: 300 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube EVERY MINUTE!) This is bad as these filters are known to make mistakes; so even perfectly legal content could be blocked.

People say: "maybe it won't happen" or "it won't be so bad", but research I do suggests i'm right to be scared of this because it impacts not only what I consume online but everything I wanted to make. I won't really know the impact this will have on me, but it's hard to remain optimistic when such a law is close to become a reality.

Why pursue creative avenues if people probably won't even be able to SEE what I create? I can't even enjoy the things I like because all I can think about is: "This is at risk due to article 13". I don't know what to do with myself anymore; the internet is everything to me; what else do I do?

I suppose it's not definite, but one thing is for sure; I have 2 years until it's possibly implemented. Should I even try to make content now?