> overnight an unknown set of existing github repositories will become illegal in the EU

Overnight? Is this proposal not known ahead of time? Is it being kept a secret until enters into force suddenly, at midnight?

> These companies are not trying to take something from you but are in fact trying to give something to you.

Copyrighted materials have been stolen, and that's exactly why the creators are keeping secrets, and exactly why they're trying to influence people like you into lobbying on their behalf.