Strypey on Nostr: "Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson has quietly tabled a long-awaited bill aimed at ...

"Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson has quietly tabled a long-awaited bill aimed at shoring up dwindling media company revenues by forcing tech firms to pay for news content that appears on their sites."

#MarcDaalder, 2023

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/bill-tabled-to-make-meta-and-google-negotiate-with-news-outlets

I don't support this typically timid, piecemeal, Labour party policy. It leaves the online ad oligopoly unaffected, but just forces it to share a sliver of its ill-gotten gains. npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 (npub1hyk…3p33) nailed it here:

https://craphound.com/news/2022/04/17/big-tech-isnt-stealing-news-publishers-content/

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