> if people only read the headlines and text snippets and never click the link (frequently true), Facebook ends up with all of the ad revenue. No, you have thi

> if people only read the headlines and text snippets and never click the link (frequently true), Facebook ends up with all of the ad revenue. No, you have this backwards; snippets don't leech revenue away from news orgs, they enhance their revenue. There have been cases in the past where Google was ordered to stop displaying snippets of certain sites without paying, and media companies immediately started whining about the sharp traffic declines. Complaints about the copyright of snippets is a fig leaf for protection money of the sort they're demanding once again.