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That Link You Just Posted Could Cost You 300 Euros
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."
http://www.nni.ie/v2/broad/index.php
And yes, I'm truly an anonymous coward.
Anybody have a link to one of the 15 NNI member newspapers?
I'm just impressed they were able to sober up enough to write the stories in the first place. They must have rounded up all five sober people in Dublin to pull that off.
What political party do you join when you don't like Bible-thumpers *or* hippies?
Their next scheme: billboards covered with giant tarps. You have to pay them to unroll the tarp and show you the ad. Brilliant!
If Slashdot were chemistry it would look like this:Cadaverine
It's almost as if this organization has no idea how the web works.
Wow, they sound like people from that old and expensive form of media.
You know, those things that are all dying out because they're no longer needed?
Hmm, what were they called again?
According to a coalition of Irish newspapers
Ohh, that's right, newspapers! Haha, man, that sure takes me back.
What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
Any website?
1) Go onto each member of the cartel^H coalition's site . ...
2) Find therein a comment board and post a metric bucketload of links to all of the others.
3)
4) Eat popcorn.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I decided, having had a couple of stiff ones (drinks) this evening, to drop them a line via the website in an attempt to contribute a tiny amount of sanity and/or education.
Unfortunately I was told my email could not contain anything other then [0-9|a-z] IN THE BODY and due to my use of punctuation I was not allowed to email them. I was going to "correct" my correspondence, but the I thought "fuck it, I've got work tomorrow", and I have a glass of wine and 2/3 of a frankly very good cigar to do in.
That has nothing to do with Google, I heard on Onion News that Apple are rearranging geography to suit their maps.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Yeah, they waited for the Belgians to waffle.
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your invoice # 88266 for the sum of 300 Euros.
This has been forwarded to our accounting department who have informed me that as of today, your account is now 30 Euro in debt, being calculated as follows:
Opening balance: 0.00
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Your Inv# 88266: -300.00
Handling fee: 150.00
Processing fee: 120.00
Account setup fee: 60.00
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Closing balance: 30.00
Please remit your payment for 30.00 Euro within 7 days to avoid legal action.
We thank you for your business and trust you will continue to trade with us.
Regards
F.U Assole
President, Don't Mess With Us Inc
Most of them don't even have an irish dedicated website. They are pathetic. It's like passing a decree that makes people owing me $300 if they ever whisper my name in their car. There. Be warned.
I am a Prince in Nairobi and we whispered your name in the limousine. We want to send you the money we owe you. Could you please send us your bank routing number and signature so we can do so?
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