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    The New EU Copyright Directive #AQUIS #Arafel Archived Message

    Posted by Gerard on March 26, 2019, 6:50 pm

    "What is the new Copyright Directive about?

    The political agreement is on a new Copyright Directive that will require final approval by both Institutions in the coming weeks.

    Digital technologies have transformed the way creative content is produced, distributed and accessed. The new Directive brings the copyright rules up to date with those changes and the way users access content online. For example, copyright exceptions exist in the areas of education, research and preservation of cultural heritage, but the digital uses were not anticipated by the existing rules, which date back to 2001. Therefore, this limits the possibilities for users (e.g. educational establishments, research institutions, libraries) to benefit from the potential of new technologies. In addition, the current EU copyright framework does not address the problems emerged in the recent years in relation to the distribution of value in the online environment.

    The Directive wants to create a comprehensive framework where copyrighted material, copyright holders, publishers, providers and users can all benefit from clearer rules, adapted to the digital era.

    In order to achieve this goal, the Copyright Directive focuses on three main objectives:

    Wider opportunities to use copyrighted material for education, research and preservation of cultural heritage: the exceptions allowing these uses have been modernised and adapted to the technological changes, to allow uses online and across borders.
    More cross-border and online access for citizens to copyright-protected content: The Directive will contribute to increase the availability of audiovisual works on video-on-demand platforms, facilitate the digitalisation and dissemination of works that are out-of-commerce and will make sure that all users are able to disseminate online with full legal certainty copies of works of art that are in the public domain.
    Fairer rules of the game for a better-functioning copyright marketplace which stimulate creation of high-quality content: a new right for press publishers in relation to the use of their content by online service providers, a reinforced position of rightholders to negotiate and be remunerated for the online exploitation of their content by user-uploaded content platforms and transparency rules related to the remuneration of authors and performers.

    How will the new directive support the press and quality journalism?

    The new press publishers' right will apply to online uses of press publications by information society services providers, such as news aggregators or media monitoring services. The objective of this right is to help the press publishing industry benefit from a fairer market place and to promote the best possible environment to develop innovative business models. The new right strengthens the bargaining position of press publishers when they negotiate the use of their content by online services.

    Journalists, as authors of the contributions - the articles- in press publications, are essential in the press sector for providing reliable and quality journalistic content. By facilitating the online exploitation of press publications and making the enforcement of rights more efficient, the Directive will have a positive impact on them. And, in order to make sure that the journalists will benefit economically from the press publishers' right, the Directive provides that they will receive an appropriate share of the revenues generated by it. By ensuring the sustainability of the press sector, the new right will foster plural, independent and high-quality media, which are essential for the freedom of expression and the right to information in our democratic society.

    Does the new press publishers' right also cover parts of press publications (so-called 'snippets')?

    According to the text adopted today, the use of individual words and very short extracts of press publications does not fall within the scope of the new right. This means that information society service providers will remain free to use such parts of a press publication, without requiring an authorisation by press publishers. When assessing what very short extracts are, the impact on the effectiveness of the new right will be taken into account.

    Does the new press publishers' right affect individual users?

    The Directive does not target individual users, but online uses of press publications by large online platforms and services, such as news aggregators. Internet users will continue to be able to share content on social media and link to websites and newspapers (acts of hyperlinking), just as it is the case today.

    Moreover, the acts of hyperlinking and the re- use of single words or very short extracts by online platforms and services will be excluded from the scope of the new right granted to press publishers of press publications.

    How will the new rules tackle the so-called 'value gap' between the creators and the online platforms?

    One of the objectives of the Directive is to reinforce the position of creators and right holders to negotiate and be remunerated for the online use of their content by certain user-uploaded-content platforms.

    According to today's political agreement, the platforms covered by Article 13 are considered to be carrying out acts covered by copyright (i.e. performing acts of communication or making available to the public) for which they need to obtain an authorisation from the rightholders concerned.

    In situations where there are no licensing agreements concluded with rightholders, the platforms will need to take certain actions if they want to avoid liability. In particular, they will need to (i) make best efforts to obtain an authorisation, (ii) make best efforts to ensure the unavailability of unauthorised content regarding which rightholders have provided necessary and relevant information and (iii) act expeditiously to remove any unauthorised content following a notice received and make also their best efforts to prevent future uploads.

    What will be the special regime for smaller enterprises foreseen in relation to value gap?

    New small platforms will benefit from a lighter regime in case there is no authorisation granted by rightholders.

    This concerns online service providers which have less than three years of existence in the Union and which have a turnover of less than 10 million euros and have less than 5 million monthly users. In order to avoid liability for unauthorised works, these new small companies will only have to prove that they have made their best efforts to obtain an authorisation and that they have acted expeditiously to remove the unauthorised works notified by right holders from their platform.

    However, when the audience of these small companies is higher than 5 million monthly unique viewers, they will also have to prove that they have made their best efforts to ensure that works that have been notified by rightholders do not reappear on the platform at a later stage.

    How does the Directive ensure a fair remuneration of authors and performers?

    The Commission's proposal aimed to increase transparency and balance in the contractual relations between content creators (authors and performers) and their producers and publishers.

    The final Directive contains five different measures to strengthen the position of authors and performers:

    A principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers;
    A transparency obligation to help authors and performers have access to more information about the exploitation of their works and performances;
    A contract adjustment mechanism to allow authors and performers to obtain a fair share when the remuneration originally agreed becomes disproportionately low compared to the success of their work or performance;
    A mechanism for the revocation of rights allowing creators to take back their rights when their works are not being exploited; and
    A dispute resolution procedure for authors and performers.

    What are the exceptions to copyright rules included in the Directive?

    Exceptions or limitations to an exclusive right allow the beneficiary of the exception – an individual or an institution – to use protected content without the prior authorisation from right holders. Exceptions and limitations exist to facilitate the use of copyrighted content in certain circumstances and achieve specific public policy objectives such as education and research. The new Directive brings the EU framework on exceptions up to speed with digital uses in certain areas like education, research and cultural heritage. It introduces four mandatory exceptions for:

    Text and data mining (TDM) for research purposes;
    A general TDM exception for other purposes;
    Teaching and educational purposes;
    Preservation of cultural heritage.

    The aim is to open up the possibilities that digital technologies offer to research, data analytics, education and heritage preservation, also taking into account online and cross-border uses of copyright-protected material.

    How will the directive facilitate the access to more content protected by copyright for education, culture, and research purposes?

    The copyright exception for text and data mining will simplify the copyright clearance burden for universities and research organisation. It will allow them to use automated technologies to analyse large sets of data for scientific purposes in all legal certainty, including when they engage in public-private partnerships. This will support scientific endeavours and innovation, e.g. helping find cures for diseases or new ways to address climate change.

    Complementary to this, an additional exception for text and data mining, for other users will cover text and data mining going beyond the area of research. This exception will contribute to the development of data analytics and artificial intelligence in the EU.

    The new teaching exception for educational establishments and teachers covers digital cross-border uses of content protected by copyright for the purposes of illustration for teaching, including online.This will for example ensure that educational establishments can make available, in full legal certainty, teaching content to distance students in other Member States through their secure electronic environment, e.g. a university's intranet or a school's virtual learning environment.

    The new preservation exception will allow libraries and other cultural heritage institutions (e.g. archives, museums) to make copies of the works in their collections, taking advantage of new digital preservation techniques. This new rule will make it possible to digitise the EU cultural heritage to preserve it. This will benefit the access to our culture heritage by the future generations.

    What is the new provision on public domain of works of art?

    When a work of art is not protected by copyright anymore, for instance an old painting, it falls into the public domain. In that situation, everybody should be free to make, use and share copies of that work. This is not always the case today, as some Member States provide protection to copies of those works of art.

    The new Directive will make sure that nobody can claim copyright protection on works in the field of the visual arts which have already fallen into the public domain. Thanks to this provision, all users will be able to disseminate online with full legal certainty copies of works of art in the public domain. For instance, anybody will be able to copy, use and share online photos of paintings, sculptures and works of art in the public domain when they find them in the internet and reuse them, including for commercial purposes or to upload them in Wikipedia.

    What is the provision of the Out-of-commerce works about?

    The Directive introduces a new licensing mechanism for out-of-commerce works: books, films and other works that are still protected by copyright but cannot be found commercially anymore. This will make it much easier for cultural heritage institutions, like archives and museums, to obtain the necessary licences to disseminate to the public, notably online and across borders, the heritage held in their collections. This system makes it much easier for cultural heritage institutions to obtain licences negotiated with the collective management organisations representing the relevant rightholders.

    The new rules also provide for a new mandatory exception to copyright in case there is no representative collective management organisation representing the rightholders in a certain field, and therefore cultural heritage institutions do not have a counterpart to negotiate a licence with. This so-called "fall-back" exception allows cultural heritage institutions to make the out-of-commerce works available on non-commercial websites.

    What is the new provision on collective licensing with an extended effect about?

    The new provision on collective licensing with an extended effect enables Member States to allow collective management organisations to conclude licences covering rights of non-members, under certain conditions. This mechanism facilitates the clearance of rights in areas where otherwise individual licensing may be too burdensome for users. The provision includes a number of safeguards that protect the interests of rightholders.

    What is the negotiation mechanism for video-on-demand platforms? How will the new rules work?

    Despite the growing popularity of on-demand services (like Netflix, Amazon Video, Universcine, Filmin, Maxdome, ChiliTV) relatively few EU audiovisual works are available on video-on-demand (VoD) platforms. Less than half (47%) of EU films released in cinemas between 2005 and 2014 are available on at least one VoD service. Also, EU audiovisual works are often not available on platforms outside their home country; around half of EU films are available in only one country and 80% of EU films are available in three European countries or less on VoD services. This is partly explained by difficulties, including contractual ones, in acquiring the rights.

    The Directive provides a new negotiation mechanism to support the availability, visibility and circulation of audiovisual works, in particular European. It has been thought for reaching contractual agreements and unblocking difficulties related to the licensing of the necessary rights to make available films and series on VoD platforms. More licenses means that more European audiovisual works will be available in VoD platforms and will have also a positive effect on the type and variety of works made available on VoD platforms." https://www.eubusiness.com/topics/internet/copyright-directive

    "The EU acquis

    The EU's regulatory framework for copyright and neighbouring rights (acquis) is a set of eleven directives and two regulations:

    Directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society ("InfoSoc Directive"), 22 May 2001
    Directive on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property ("Rental and Lending Directive"), 12 December 2006
    Directive on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art ("Resale Right Directive"), 27 September 2001
    Directive on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission ("Satellite and Cable Directive"), 27 September 1993
    Directive on the legal protection of computer programs (“Software Directive”), 23 April 2009
    Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property right (“IPRED”), 29 April 2004
    Directive on the legal protection of databases (“Database Directive”), 11 March 1996
    Directive on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights amending the previous 2006 Directive (“Term Directive”), 27 September 2011
    Directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works (“Orphan Works Directive”), 25 October 2012
    Directive on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market (“CRM Directive”), 26 February 2014
    Directive on certain permitted uses of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled (Directive implementing the Marrakech Treaty in the EU), 13 September 2017
    Regulation on the cross-border exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled (Regulation implementing the Marrakech Treaty in the EU), 13 September 2017
    Regulation on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market ("Portability Regulation"), 14 June 2017

    Three additional instruments harmonise the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products. Moreover, the E-commerce Directive and the Conditional Access Directive also contain provisions which are relevant to the exercise and the enforcement of copyright.

    The overall goal in the EU harmonisation efforts is to enable copyright protected goods (e.g. books, music, films, software etc.) and services (e.g. services offering access to these goods) to move freely within the internal market.
    The International Framework

    Many of the EU directives reflect Member States' obligations under the Berne Convention and the Rome Convention, as well as the obligations of the EU and its Member States under the World Trade Organisation 'TRIPS' Agreement and the two 1996 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Internet Treaties (the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty).

    In the last years the EU has signed two other WIPO Treaties: the Beijing Treaty on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances and the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired or otherwise Print Disabled.

    Moreover, free-trade agreements, which the EU concluded with a large number of third countries, reflect many provisions of EU law.
    Implementation of the EU framework

    The Commission monitors the timely and correct implementation of the EU copyright law and, in the last years, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has developed a substantive body of case law interpreting the provisions of the Directives.

    This has significantly contributed to the consistent application of the copyright rules across the EU." https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/eu-copyright-framework

    "The Copyright Directive* does not limit online freedom, nor does it target users and their behaviour online, including the possibility for them to upload and share content. Freedom of expression is one of the fundamental rights recognised by the European Union, as is the protection of intellectual property.

    To take one example: the new rules* applicable to the use of press publications online will only apply to commercial services such as news aggregators, not to users. This means that internet users will continue to be able to share such content on social media and link to online newspapers.
    *

    The new provisions* on user-uploaded platforms will facilitate the conclusion of licences between commercial players and will contribute to improve the remuneration of creators. These rules do not target internet users. Users will benefit from a wide range of common rules applicable to them everywhere in the EU, which will safeguard their freedom of expression when they upload copyrighted content on online platforms. They will also benefit from a robust redress and complaints mechanism to challenge unjustified removal of their content from online platforms.
    4. Will the Directive* impose upload filters online?
    5. Will the Copyright Directive* prevent users from expressing themselves on internet in the same way as now? Will memes and GIFs be banned?
    6. How will the new Copyright rules* tackle the discrepancy between the remuneration of creators and that of certain online platforms (the so-called 'value gap')?
    7. How will the new copyright rules* on user-uploaded platforms benefit the users?
    8. What are the services covered by the new rules* on user-uploaded platforms?
    9. What will be the special regime for startups and smaller enterprises?
    10. What will happen to online encyclopaedias (like Wikipedia) that are based on content uploaded by users?
    11. How will the new press publishers' right work?
    12. Are small and emerging press publishers going to be affected by the reform?
    13. Is the new Copyright Directive*creating a “hyperlink tax”?
    14. With the new rules*, will the use of "snippets" be forbidden?
    15. How will the new Directive benefit journalism and journalists?
    16. How will the Directive* ensure fair remuneration for individual authors and performers?
    17. How will the new copyright rules* strike a fairer balance in the relationships between creators and their contractual partners?
    18. What is the contract adjustment mechanism? Does it interfere with contractual freedom?
    19. What is the revocation mechanism and why is it needed?
    20. What are the new exceptions to copyright laid down in the Copyright Directive*?
    21. How will the new copyright rules benefit researchers?
    22. What is the purpose of the other, general, text and data mining exception?
    23. Who will benefit from the new teaching exception?
    24. Will the new copyright rules* enhance the preservation and availability of cultural heritage?
    25. What will it change* for users with regards to “public domain” content?
    26. How will the new copyright rules* foster the availability of EU audiovisual works on video-on-demand platforms?
    27. What will be the next steps?" [url= The Copyright Directive* does not limit online freedom, nor does it target users and their behaviour online, including the possibility for them to upload and share content. Freedom of expression is one of the fundamental rights recognised by the European Union, as is the protection of intellectual property. To take one example: the new rules* applicable to the use of press publications online will only apply to commercial services such as news aggregators, not to users. This means that internet users will continue to be able to share such content on social media and link to online newspapers. The new provisions* on user-uploaded platforms will facilitate the conclusion of licences between commercial players and will contribute to improve the remuneration of creators. These rules do not target internet users. Users will benefit from a wide range of common rules applicable to them everywhere in the EU, which will safeguard their freedom of expression when they upload copyrighted content on online platforms. They will also benefit from a robust redress and complaints mechanism to challenge unjustified removal of their content from online platforms. 4. Will the Directive* impose upload filters online? 5. Will the Copyright Directive* prevent users from expressing themselves on internet in the same way as now? Will memes and GIFs be banned? 6. How will the new Copyright rules* tackle the discrepancy between the remuneration of creators and that of certain online platforms (the so-called 'value gap')? 7. How will the new copyright rules* on user-uploaded platforms benefit the users? 8. What are the services covered by the new rules* on user-uploaded platforms? 9. What will be the special regime for startups and smaller enterprises? 10. What will happen to online encyclopaedias (like Wikipedia) that are based on content uploaded by users? 11. How will the new press publishers' right work? 12. Are small and emerging press publishers going to be affected by the reform? 13. Is the new Copyright Directive*creating a “hyperlink tax”? 14. With the new rules*, will the use of "snippets" be forbidden? 15. How will the new Directive benefit journalism and journalists? 16. How will the Directive* ensure fair remuneration for individual authors and performers? 17. How will the new copyright rules* strike a fairer balance in the relationships between creators and their contractual partners? 18. What is the contract adjustment mechanism? Does it interfere with contractual freedom? 19. What is the revocation mechanism and why is it needed? 20. What are the new exceptions to copyright laid down in the Copyright Directive*? 21. How will the new copyright rules benefit researchers? 22. What is the purpose of the other, general, text and data mining exception? 23. Who will benefit from the new teaching exception? 24. Will the new copyright rules* enhance the preservation and availability of cultural heritage? 25. What will it change* for users with regards to “public domain” content? 26. How will the new copyright rules* foster the availability of EU audiovisual works on video-on-demand platforms? 27. What will be the next steps?] The Copyright Directive* does not limit online freedom, nor does it target users and their behaviour online, including the possibility for them to upload and share content. Freedom of expression is one of the fundamental rights recognised by the European Union, as is the protection of intellectual property. To take one example: the new rules* applicable to the use of press publications online will only apply to commercial services such as news aggregators, not to users. This means that internet users will continue to be able to share such content on social media and link to online newspapers. The new provisions* on user-uploaded platforms will facilitate the conclusion of licences between commercial players and will contribute to improve the remuneration of creators. These rules do not target internet users. Users will benefit from a wide range of common rules applicable to them everywhere in the EU, which will safeguard their freedom of expression when they upload copyrighted content on online platforms. They will also benefit from a robust redress and complaints mechanism to challenge unjustified removal of their content from online platforms. 4. Will the Directive* impose upload filters online? 5. Will the Copyright Directive* prevent users from expressing themselves on internet in the same way as now? Will memes and GIFs be banned? 6. How will the new Copyright rules* tackle the discrepancy between the remuneration of creators and that of certain online platforms (the so-called 'value gap')? 7. How will the new copyright rules* on user-uploaded platforms benefit the users? 8. What are the services covered by the new rules* on user-uploaded platforms? 9. What will be the special regime for startups and smaller enterprises? 10. What will happen to online encyclopaedias (like Wikipedia) that are based on content uploaded by users? 11. How will the new press publishers' right work? 12. Are small and emerging press publishers going to be affected by the reform? 13. Is the new Copyright Directive*creating a “hyperlink tax”? 14. With the new rules*, will the use of "snippets" be forbidden? 15. How will the new Directive benefit journalism and journalists? 16. How will the Directive* ensure fair remuneration for individual authors and performers? 17. How will the new copyright rules* strike a fairer balance in the relationships between creators and their contractual partners? 18. What is the contract adjustment mechanism? Does it interfere with contractual freedom? 19. What is the revocation mechanism and why is it needed? 20. What are the new exceptions to copyright laid down in the Copyright Directive*? 21. How will the new copyright rules benefit researchers? 22. What is the purpose of the other, general, text and data mining exception? 23. Who will benefit from the new teaching exception? 24. Will the new copyright rules* enhance the preservation and availability of cultural heritage? 25. What will it change* for users with regards to “public domain” content? 26. How will the new copyright rules* foster the availability of EU audiovisual works on video-on-demand platforms? 27. What will be the next steps?

    *I have oft wondered whether, "Arafel" would be acceptable should I attempt to profit from my blog. "Arafel" was set up precisely in order to collate works which are not routinely made available in such a form (and because this applies to certain subjects which are almost invariably controversial and whose reporting is frequently "filtered" by the mainstream media), and to allow comment from the producer (myself), that enables such content to be appreciated in contexts which are not commonly appreciated (hence the title, quote; "As Leto Atreides II the God Emperor disentegrates, his last words to Siona Atreides and Duncan Idaho are, "Do not fear the Ixians, they can make the machines but they can no longer make arafel. I know I was there." After Leto Atreides II dies, Siona explains to Duncan Idaho that arafel is "the cloud-darkness of holy judgment."

    Later, Reverend Mother Darwi Odrade discovers the word "Arafel" inscribed in stones of the ruins of Sietch Tabr . It turns out to be a riddle: Arafel = the cloud-darkness of holy judgment at the end of the universe. She then deduced that the Fremen day began with night and following the idea of the darkness of Arafel, she found the Fremen carving of the setting Arrakeen sun. From there, Odrade followed a series of clues until she found a secret chamber containing an undiscovered spice hoard of Leto II and, more importantly, a message from "the Tyrant " to the Bene Gesserit of her own day asking; "With whom do you ally? What is survival if you do not survive whole? Why did the sisterhood not build the Golden Path? How wiil you meet your end? As no more than a secret society"?*
    Arafel appears to be associated, by implication, with Kralizec "the typhoon struggle;" "the battle at the end of the universe"".

    *Semi colon and list mine quotes direct from pages 327/328 & 329 "Heretics of Dune" Frank Herbert.

    Quote: "Behind the scenes Edit

    The word is Hebrew . In modern Hebrew arafel simply means "mist" or "fog." In the Bible however it has a more potent and evocative meaning. The normal Hebrew word for darkness is choshek; the Hebrew word for "cloud" is 'anan. Arafel , however, actually does mean something like "cloud-darkness" as Frank Herbert has Siona explains it in God Emperor of Dune . Perhaps most significantly, this thick darkness/cloud darkness is quite closely linked with the presence of God .

    Arafel occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible and in all but one occasion it is directly associated with descriptions of Divine habitation and Divine visitations of the Hebrew God "YHWH" (I've removed the vowels out of respect for Jewish tradition which does not pronounce the "Divine Name"). YHWH is said to shrouded by arafel, "...the Lord has said he will dwell in thick darkness (arafel)" (1 Kings 8:12); "Clouds and thick darkness (arafel) surround him (Psalm 97:2. ) According to the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy, When YHWH appears to the Hebrew people on mount Sinai/Horeb (to affirm the covenant, and reveal the 10 commandments and the rest of the law) he does so amidst fire, thunder and lightning (Ex. 20:19), as well as "darkness, a cloud and arafel (i.e. "thick darkness")" (Deut. 4:11 NRSV). That the arafel is visually impenatrable is implied first by Moses' insistence that because the people saw no visible form of YHWH, they must be careful not to make any graven images (Deut. 5).

    The connection of arafel with YHWH's theophany at Sinai and the giving of the law form a natural association with "holy judgment." However, in the Hebrew prophecies, arafel, the "thick darkness"/cloud-darkness," is explicitly associated with warnings and predictions of "holy judgment", . (Deutero?) Isaiah writes, " For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness (arafel) the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you" (Isa 60:2 NRS). Jeremiah warns, "Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness... while you look for light, he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness (arafel)" (Jer 13:16 NRS). the prophets Zephaniah and Joel predict a future day of judgment called "the day of YHWH." Zephaniah 1:15 "That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness (arafel)," (Zep 1:15 NRS). Joel words are similar to Zephaniah, "a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness (arafel)! Like blackness spread upon the mountains a great and powerful army comes; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them in ages to come" (Joe 2:2 NRS). " Go to: http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Arafelhttp://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Arafel" http://www.arafel.co.uk/2014/10/arafel.html The "Arafel" domain name is currently up for renewal and as I am currently existing on only £317/month even the £11 cost of renewal is challenging for me, I will, therefore, be publicising this cost online in order to receive donations which will both cover the cost of renewal and enable me to continue my work.

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