Legitimate question: How is this going to affect commission accounts?

For those that don't know, Article 13, or the EU Copyright Directive, is intended to cut back on the unwanted sharing or reposting of copyrighted content. However, the wording of it is a little too vague for me to consider it a good idea. In a nutshell, all content uploaded in the EU will be scanned to check to see if it matches existing content. If so, either the upload will be blocked or the uploaded will be required to pay a tax for using copyrighted content.

What's "copyrighted content?" Basically whatever the EU deems as such. Based on the wording of the article, it's intended to be used to catch similar phrasing, but I can see how the law could be extended to cover anything.

Now, I'm in the US, so I honestly have no idea how this'll affect accounts on this site. I realize that a lot of the content on this site is copyrighted only in spirit, let's say. We acknowledge ownership of one another's characters but i think few users are actually paying to maintain a copyright on their characters. Guess we'll just have to sit back and see how things pan out. I sure as hell am not paying an overseas charge for uploading a commission that I paid for. Do I think Article 13 will be used for policing art uploads? No, but I can see the possibility of it.