Meta is so unwilling to pay for news under a new Canadian law that it’s starting to block it on Facebook and Instagram in that country::The rollout of the news ban on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada will take place over the next few weeks.
Until Canada tries to enforce this law against Lemmy instances.
You mean like asking a fair share of Lemmy’s instances ads revenues to be given to media companies?
Sure, and non-profit digital radio stations will never need to pay for music streams.
No, we’ve been watching how this sort of nonsense plays out for decades. If what you want to do is not contemplated by the regulatory deal, then it’ll end up illegal.
Lemmy? Ad revenue?
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I wish them luck with that!
That’s not how the law works.
What exempts small sites?
Why do you think that loophole won’t be closed in the future?