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From what I understand, Twitter only posts content from the linked site (expanded tweets) if the site is a partner or (twitter cards) if the site actively inclu

From what I understand, Twitter only posts content from the linked site (expanded tweets) if the site is a partner or (twitter cards) if the site actively includes code for Twitter. Anything you can squeeze into 140 characters is surely protected as a (very) limited quote. Which makes me question this article. Did they really pass a law requiring payment for quoting small parts of an article? Seems unlikely. Paying for merely linking to a site would be even crazier.

Udo 12y ago
The Heise article says so - arbitrarily small citations fall under this law, and it includes hyperlinks. A link is enough. The fine can be up to € 300k or six years in prison. The Spanish education minister hails this as a pioneering effort designed to be followed up by the EU at large.
- visarga 12y ago
  > arbitrarily small citations fall under this law, and it includes hyperlinks This will do wonders for the SEO of these newspapers, not to mention their presence at all in the discourse.
- spindritf 12y ago
  Now I want to be true. Hopefully, it will have an inoculating effect.
- ekianjo 12y ago
  > arbitrarily small citations fall under this law, and it includes hyperlinks. Is this law retroactive? What do you do with the already existing links on the Spanish web and Spanish wikipedia ? It's not just a Google tax, it's a Hypertext tax.
- opendais 12y ago
  I suspect it'd be easier to just move your global, internet operation out of Spain completely with no legal ties for them to sue you with.
- Buge 12y ago
  A link isn't a quote though. It's an address. It's metadata. It's not in the content of the article.
pyneapple_tree 12y ago
On a press note (http://www.mecd.gob.es/prensa-mecd/actualidad/2014/07/20140723-propiedad-intelectual.html http://www.mecd.gob.es/prensa-mecd/actualidad/2014/07/201407...): Google+, Twitter, Facebook and other social networks won't be subject to this tax.
- ajmurmann 12y ago
  Too bad. I hope those will stop linking to Spanish news outlets (especially those who pushed for this) regardless. A few days of that and the law is history.

Udo 12y ago

The Heise article says so - arbitrarily small citations fall under this law, and it includes hyperlinks. A link is enough. The fine can be up to € 300k or six years in prison. The Spanish education minister hails this as a pioneering effort designed to be followed up by the EU at large.

visarga 12y ago
> arbitrarily small citations fall under this law, and it includes hyperlinks This will do wonders for the SEO of these newspapers, not to mention their presence at all in the discourse.
spindritf 12y ago
Now I want to be true. Hopefully, it will have an inoculating effect.
ekianjo 12y ago
> arbitrarily small citations fall under this law, and it includes hyperlinks. Is this law retroactive? What do you do with the already existing links on the Spanish web and Spanish wikipedia ? It's not just a Google tax, it's a Hypertext tax.
opendais 12y ago
I suspect it'd be easier to just move your global, internet operation out of Spain completely with no legal ties for them to sue you with.
Buge 12y ago
A link isn't a quote though. It's an address. It's metadata. It's not in the content of the article.

pyneapple_tree 12y ago

On a press note (http://www.mecd.gob.es/prensa-mecd/actualidad/2014/07/20140723-propiedad-intelectual.html http://www.mecd.gob.es/prensa-mecd/actualidad/2014/07/201407...): Google+, Twitter, Facebook and other social networks won't be subject to this tax.

ajmurmann 12y ago
Too bad. I hope those will stop linking to Spanish news outlets (especially those who pushed for this) regardless. A few days of that and the law is history.