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To get an idea of how the European Commission thinks, you really need to read their retracted Medium post: http://archive.fo/cZa14 http://archive.fo/cZa14 It o
by factsaresacred 8y ago
To get an idea of how the European Commission thinks, you really need to read their retracted Medium post: http://archive.fo/cZa14 http://archive.fo/cZa14
It oozes contempt, is filled with strawman arguments, and makes no effort to disguise its disdain for "the big Californian companies".
Some highlights:
> Good journalism costs money and without a free press there is no democracy.
> Because if creative people don’t get paid, they can’t afford to be creative. No Mon = No Fun
> At the moment the balance of power in who gets paid for such royalties resides overwhelmingly with the big Californian companies — who are worth around $1 Trillion.
> Are we in a world where ordinary people side with the fire breathing dragon against the knight with a blue and yellow shield?