jarfil, 11 months ago This was done in Europe, several times, over the last 15 years or so. The process goes like: News sites in [country] claim Google/Facebook/Lemmy and any other news aggregators are “stealing” their content A bunch of out of touch lawyers get lobbied into "making them pay" Aggregators stop linking to news sites in [country] News sites in [country] realize that most of their visits were coming from aggregators, revenue from ads plummets Panicked backpedaling ensues, law gets reverted Aggregators start linking again to news sites from [country] This year it’s Canada’s turn… and I fully expect the cycle to make the rounds back to European countries in a decade or two.
This was done in Europe, several times, over the last 15 years or so. The process goes like:
This year it’s Canada’s turn… and I fully expect the cycle to make the rounds back to European countries in a decade or two.