User blog comment:TOR/Join us in protecting the freedom of user-generated content/@comment-11733175-20180907093001/@comment-11733175-20180907105549


 * 1) There's nothing requiring automatic filters
 * 2) Mentioning a brand is not a breach of copyright. Using their content in some way could be, but simply saying "Coca-Cola is a drinks company" does not constitute a copyright violation.
 * 3) Fair use has been used for a long time to support the content that wikis produce. There's nothing in the above (or indeed any other article I could find on the matter) that suggests this would not continue to hold.

However, I cannot disagree with the risk of wikis disappearing due to having to spend more money to be compliant. But ultimately, this is the only reason presented in the above blog. Overall profitability of a company is arguably not my problem.

The change this law introduces is forcing the onus of copyright checks from local wiki admins (and probably groups such as helpers, vstf, etc.) to staff. What was free before is now potentially expensive. FANDOM has made its money by essentially exploiting volunteers over many years and suddenly that business model is under threat.