[ NNSquad ] Irish parliament gets involved in newspapers demanding to be paid for links

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Irish parliament gets involved in newspapers demanding to be paid for
links

http://j.mp/Zp8wKD  (Irish Times)

   "A claim that links to newspaper articles online should be subject
    to copyright law is to be raised at the Oireachtas Committee on
    Communications, committee member Sen Kenny has said.  A submission
    by the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) to the Government's
    review of copyright law includes web links in its definition of
    content that the NNI says should require either prior permission
    or a licence.  Describing the NNI assertion as "absurd" and as a
    move that could damage Ireland's digital smart economy, Mr Kenny
    said he would be asking the industry group to explain its
    position."

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Some common sense fighting back against the newspapers' ludicrous and
dangerous position.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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