nostr:npub1lrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6s8jtth9 okay, so let's agree that this legislation is a bad thing. What's the better solution to getting big tech to share the vast wealth that they are making of ad revenue, backed by content generated by news orgs? I've asked this at least three times in this thread.
nostr:npub15dry225aal6s68pdythghk3f754x3vfcnlu3fyggs79dla8dw3zst2yjyg Google is "negotiating" at gunpoint. Not a shred of good faith anywhere in this process.
(It's pathetic that Google and FB caved in when Australia pulled this stunt, but I'd hoped they might learn their lesson. Facebook did, apparently.)
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nostr:npub15dry225aal6s68pdythghk3f754x3vfcnlu3fyggs79dla8dw3zst2yjyg I don't believe "tech" has an obligation to "share" the wealth, any more than news organizations had that obligation when they were monopolies.
I do believe big tech -- like all monopolies/cartels -- should be sharply constrained in ways that would, among other benefits, help journalism.
Here is a series of pieces from nostr:npub1sqfnxau480pnvm0t258kdrj5u2u72zwm2kh7tk3qf6lxtqkwvlmqgn5skr that offers a way forward: https://www.eff.org/saving-the-news (pdf).