Tom Lowe writes:
There appears to be some sort of push on from legacy print media to make links to an article subject to copyright. Am I the only one that thinks the idea of demanding payment to have traffic sent to your ad-supported site is utterly absurd?
The Examiner [see below] refers to Google linking to their stories as “piracy… at an astounding scale” which I think is probably putting it a bit strongly. It’s fairly ironic that all of their ads are on Google’s display network.
NNI Submission here (relevant section: 7)
Concern Over Weakening Of Irish Copyright Law (Irish Times)
Copyright review – A free press must be paid for content (Irish Examiner)
Ministers warned journalism here at serious risk over lax copyright (Irish Independent)
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