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Copyright laws are already strict enough in favor of the rights holders. Don't we all agree on that? Bills like this are like copyright law on steroids, making
by diego_sandoval 3y ago
Copyright laws are already strict enough in favor of the rights holders. Don't we all agree on that?
Bills like this are like copyright law on steroids, making copyright holders even more powerful than they already are.
- pessimizer 3y agoEventually, of course, it will "only be fair" that we should pay a tax to speak about the news at all, to anyone. Or at least to submit what we plan to say about the news to the approval committee. Cass Sunstein is a pioneer.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoJournalism will cease to exist if everyone just reads the aggregator summaries instead of clicking the link and at least giving the news org some ad revenue. The reality is that the government has to do something if we want a free press to continue as vanishingly few are willing to pay anything. I dont think this is the best solution but Im not sure its worse than the status quo of "no one in journalism except NYT makes any money"