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That Link You Just Posted Could Cost You 300 Euros

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Here's a link for all of them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.nni.ie/v2/broad/index.php
    And yes, I'm truly an anonymous coward.

    1. Re:Here's a link for all of them by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

      I doubt it can be enforced anywhere. It's a policy made by a group of organizations, and has as much legal status as you and I deciding that ginger chicks have to flop their norks out if we whistle the first line of "Dixie".

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  2. Get rich quick by paiute · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their next scheme: billboards covered with giant tarps. You have to pay them to unroll the tarp and show you the ad. Brilliant!

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  3. Well duh? by JustAnotherIdiot · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  4. Re:Here's a link for all of them (whispering) by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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