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At some point some government is going to have to pass this. The idea clearly isn’t going to go away until somewhere feels the consequences that come with pass
by MBCook 3y ago
At some point some government is going to have to pass this.
The idea clearly isn’t going to go away until somewhere feels the consequences that come with passing it.
Just like Google News failing to show French news sites due to a law. Of course France seems to decided to fine Google for not complying correctly with what they hoped would happen.
- wiml 3y agoThe nature of a link tax makes no sense anyway. Can I charge someone for citing an article? Can I charge someone for mentioning an article even if they don't use MLA style? Can I charge someone for obliquely referencing the existence of an article? Despite chasing links (heh) for a while, I have been unable to find a description of what the Canadian act actually does, only page after page of "Whereas…" intent/caveat.
- betaby 3y agoYou can not. Billionaires - can.
- steven135 3y agoWhat happens when you open Google News in France? You don't have links to French news websites?
- MBCook 3y agoThat’s my assumption but honestly I don’t know.
- arielcostas 3y agoGoogle News was closed in Spain between 2014 and 2021[1] because our conservative government ~of blithering idiots~ decided it would be a good idea to change copyright law and force companies like Google to have to pay AEDE (Spanish Diary Editor Association) for linking to articles of members of that organisation. And it wasn't until the EU Copyright Directive was transposed to Spain that we were able to use Google News again. [1]: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/3/22761041/google-news-relaunch-spain-payments-publishers-eu-copyright-directive https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/3/22761041/google-news-rela...