That Link You Just Posted Could Cost You 300 Euros

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 2, 2013 @09:23AM from the good-luck-with-that dept.

Nate the greatest writes "Do you like to tweet or share links to interesting news articles? According to a coalition of Irish newspapers, that makes you a pirate. The National Newspapers of Ireland has adopted a new policy. Any website which links to one of the 15 NNI member newspapers will have to pay a minimum of 300 Euros, with the license fee going up if you post more links. Note that this is not a fee to post an excerpt or some punitive measure for the copying of an entire article. No, the NNI wants to charge for links alone. It's almost as if this organization has no idea how the web works. Or maybe they have found an elaborate way to commit suicide."

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never underestimate the fenian scum by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-02 09:27 · Score: -1, Flamebait

the irish are known for being backwards for a reason
commence your american led declaration that you're all irish in some way (even obama) then wonder why you are as fucked up as you are
1. Re:never underestimate the fenian scum by Hognoxious · 2013-01-02 09:59 · Score: 0, Flamebait
  
  I remember one claiming to be "half Irish, half German and half Polack".
  No fucking surprise he weighed 300 pounds.
  
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