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EU Publishers Want a Law To Control Online News

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the protect-yourself-right-out-of-the-market dept.

suraj.sun writes with news that European publishers are also seeking ways to "protect" their content from the big bad intertubes. Their rant, termed the "Hamburg Declaration," asks the government to step in with a legislative fix. "Most of the statements in the relatively short declaration, which will surely take its place among thousands of other European declarations on intellectual property and other matters that have come out over the past few years, hinge on the idea that 'universal access to news' does not equal 'free.' In this respect, the publishers want to maintain the democratic ideal of a 'fourth estate' that provides news to an informed citizenry, while simultaneously restricting access to that news to those who can pay for it directly. What sets this declaration apart from the other Hamburg declarations out there, or from the various Geneva declarations or Berlin declarations, is that this one is intended to give the publishers' favorite solution to the news-stealing problem, the Automated Content Access Protocol, the force of law."

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  1. Hamburg Declaration by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hamburg Declaration:

    "I'll have mine with cheese and bacon."

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    When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
    1. Re:Hamburg Declaration by erroneus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Here I was imagining Obama flying to Germany making a famous "Ich ben ein Hamburger!"

      Oh how I would love him to say that...

    2. Re:Hamburg Declaration by shentino · · Score: 3, Funny

      Now that's what I call being a "grammar nazi"

  2. Re:What garbage by Freetardo+Jones · · Score: 3, Funny

    really???? worse than bush???

    Yes. Multi-trillion dollar deficits, continued flushing of money down the toilet on bailouts to shitty companies, pardoning the telecos for helping in illegally wiretap citizens.

    cough, cough... ENRON... cough...

    cough, cough... GM... cough...

  3. Re:If you don't want it indexed, then either by sakdoctor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Saying robots.txt is like telling a hungry 2 year old that they can't have a Popsicle and should go eat a green beans instead.

    In many parts of Asia, green bean popsicles are popular with all ages. Where is your god now?

  4. Re:Help me Rob Malda you're my only hope! by digitig · · Score: 3, Funny

    Help me Slashdot! Me and Steve Jobs were jacking each other off

    Disgraceful. It should be "Steve Jobs and I".

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  5. Re:Simple depiction by Daimanta · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You do realize we do not have polar bears in our streets?"

    Bummer, that's one country I won't be going to on my vacation.

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    Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.