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Disclaimer: I hate Facebook. I despise them. In this instance, if I understand correctly, Facebook is supposed to pay news companies whenever someone posts a l
by Mystery-Machine 3y ago
Disclaimer: I hate Facebook. I despise them.
In this instance, if I understand correctly, Facebook is supposed to pay news companies whenever someone posts a link to their news site. That's ridiculous. Hacker News also falls under this law, so does X, Reddit, Mastodon,... Since when it became ok to charge for your users sharing links on your "link sharing" website?
- kennywinker 3y agoAs I understand it the law: 1. Defines a negotiation framework between news creators and online sharing sites. So not a specific fee, just forcing sites to come the table. Which means flat rates (not per share) or percentage based arrangements (like spotify does with artists) are totally possible. 2. only applies when there is a significant power imbalance between the news creator and sharing site. This bit i think means it wouldn’t apply to hn or a mastodon instance. Twitter i’d guess it would apply to. reddit idk, they’re smaller than you’d think.