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IANAL, but I think if you have a business establishment in a country then yes it may propagate in some shape or form, but I don't know the details. For instance
by fauigerzigerk 8y ago
IANAL, but I think if you have a business establishment in a country then yes it may propagate in some shape or form, but I don't know the details. For instance, it may depend on distinctions such as subsidiary vs branch office.
Facebook does have a business establishment within the EU. They are selling ads in Europe that are delivered to EU users. There is no way that Facebook can claim not to be a European company in some sense.
- mirimir 8y agoRight. And so, to escape the EU Copyright Directive, they would need to exit the EU entirely, utterly, completely, etc. Maybe that seems extreme and unlikely. But consider. What would Facebook be left with, if users couldn't share anything?
- fauigerzigerk 8y agoYou'll see. They will come to some arrangement with the publishers and regulators. Facebook will not lose a quarter of its revenues and profits over this. The problem is that not many have the clout of Facebook and Google to work out arrangements that won't kill them or fight the whole thing effectively.