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Should Hacker News have to pay money to link to SMH? Answering "Yes" is an attack on the fundamentals of the internet. > And Facebook benefits freely from some
by madeofpalk 6y ago
Should Hacker News have to pay money to link to SMH? Answering "Yes" is an attack on the fundamentals of the internet.
> And Facebook benefits freely from something it did not produce.
Arguably the news publications get at least as much value out of news links being shared on Facebook as Facebook gets, if not more.
Look I get it - we all hate Facebook. Facebook and Google and Amazon should face more regulation, but this is not it. Lets actually aknowledge that the government is forcing websites to pay for linking to a site. Links that, in Facebook's case, the publishers voluntarily submit and post!
- prox 6y agoGood point you’re making. There seems to be a symbiotic relationship really. News producers do get the short end of the stick though when it comes down to it. I also think this particular government intervention is not helpful. But something akin to a shared revenue system might be an option?
- rosege 6y agoMost articles are paywalled so the publishers get subscription and ad money.
- pydry 6y ago>Should Hacker News have to pay money to link to SMH? Why ask this? Nobody's asking them to and nobody will.
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