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People can favour corporate accountability, and even dislike Google, whilst still being annoyed at these laws & rulings. The concept of having to pay somebody
by spacebanana7 3y ago
People can favour corporate accountability, and even dislike Google, whilst still being annoyed at these laws & rulings.
The concept of having to pay somebody for linking out to their content is hostile to the open internet.
Imagine if you had to pay Pearson every time you cited ‘their’ research?
- nprateem 3y agoIsn't the issue they embed content specifically so people don't leave the search page?
- spacebanana7 3y agoJust looked it up and it’s actually difficult to tell exactly. The official EU page says mere hyperlinks aren’t covered[1] but this legal source says headlines & images are [2] (making links de facto covered) [1] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/copyright-reform-questions-and-answers https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/copyright-refo... [2] https://www.companydebt.com/articles/will-the-eus-link-tax-change-the-web-forever/ https://www.companydebt.com/articles/will-the-eus-link-tax-c...