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"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" Why does the bill single out "Journalism" as the sole type of content that requires an anti trust exception to
by DisjointedHunt 4y ago
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"
Why does the bill single out "Journalism" as the sole type of content that requires an anti trust exception to take on distributed publishing in the online world?
Why not help the music industry, the pornography industry and scores of other types of content that are pilfered everyday in the name of the section 230 protections that these platforms enjoy?
The answer, if i may offer an opinion, is to indirectly impose an illegal tax on a profitable business model to serve as a "forever fund" into the hands of businesses that support a certain political viewpoint.
The mainstream media does not represent honest journalists and this collective bargaining contract will only empower the mass-media behemoths to continue pushing groupthink while independent, small journalists who dare report on stories such as sex scandals involving politicians (or their sons hacked computers with videos containing drugs and prostitutes) will get cut out of the collective contract.
- pessimizer 4y agoThis is one of the small steps on the way to news outlets and journalists being licensed by the state, and with that licensing given special speech privileges. Where Zimbabwe leads, the world follows.
- NoGravitas 4y agoWhile I don't agree with the content of the bill or its general approach, the underlying problem is real. The music industry, the pornography industry, etc. don't need help, because music and pornography are still being produced, in abundance. Journalism, especially local journalism and investigative journalism, not so much. It's also quite reasonable to ask, though, if this bill would actually benefit local papers, and not just the NYT and WaPo.
- ghaff 4y agoAnd most people making music and pornography don’t make much money either. Also make no mistake. If individuals writing code were dependent on tip jars they wouldn’t be any better off—as has been abundantly demonstrated.
- 7speter 4y agoI mean, anytime the subject of giving a little money to foss developers is brought up theres, theres lots of angry people in the comments saying those developers shouldn't be given anything.
- DisjointedHunt 4y agoLol, i love the discourse on HN /s And you suppose Journalistic pieces aren't produced in similar abundance right now? We are in an era where anyone can spin up a podcast/video channel/website etc. The SINGLE LARGEST TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE IN AMERICA according to many political investigative entities is JOE ROGAN. And that's a great tangent. Would Joe Rogan be eligible for these payouts if he publishes snippets outside his Spotify deal and it shows up on Facebook ? OF COURSE HE WONT. That's the point of the bill . . .to suppress independent journalists and enrich the establishment.
- 7speter 4y agoHow much does Joe Rogan rely on clicks from facebook for money?
- DisjointedHunt 4y agoDoes the bill literally say a news outlet needs to rely on “clicks from Facebook for money” to qualify? Come on, you’re probably smarter than this and can present a better argument than needing to stoop to a straw man.
- dnissley 4y agoIndeed, we certainly have an abundance of journalism. Perhaps the point about local journalism still stands, however.
- 60secs 4y agoBecause newspaper business models have no moat, especially as news commoditizes.