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> The way the law is written, they don't have to pay the news orgs until those orgs request it. Perhaps one option is for FB and Google to keep linking to any n
by comex 6y ago
> The way the law is written, they don't have to pay the news orgs until those orgs request it. Perhaps one option is for FB and Google to keep linking to any news site that doesn't ask for money, and when one asks, just drop them.
They thought of that. The law explicitly says that FB etc. shall not "discriminate between registered news businesses and news businesses that are not registered news businesses".
- jedberg 6y agoYeah, but that is very nebulous. What defines a news organization? I suspect the lawyers could figure out a pretty easy workaround.
- brokenmachine 6y agoIt's defined in the law and up to the whim of the treasurer. This is a really, really misguided law (and that's being generous).