nostr:npub1lrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6s8jtth9 As was Google and FB promising a revenue model for news orgs to setup on their platforms and then eating their lunch. It's not a great piece of legislation, but can you suggest a better way to make big tech companies revenue share? They're not going to do it on their own
nostr:npub15dry225aal6s68pdythghk3f754x3vfcnlu3fyggs79dla8dw3zst2yjyg If Canada wants to tax one set of companies and give the money to the news cartel, that would be a much more honest approach. The new law is completely dishonest and an attack on the open web.
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nostr:npub15dry225aal6s68pdythghk3f754x3vfcnlu3fyggs79dla8dw3zst2yjyg They are under no obligation to "share" -- paying extortion is not sharing revenue.
The fact that advertising supported (some) quality journalism -- and became a cartel in its own right -- doesn't mean news organizations have some divine right to ad revenues.
Subsidize if you wish, but do it honestly, by levying taxes and giving the money to the people you want to support.