News surrounding copyright
Faced with a looming pullout of Meta, Rod Sims pushes his nonsense talking points as if it’s going to make a difference.
Rod Sims Defends His Link Tax With Complete Nonsense Talking Points Read More »
Reports are suggesting that Canadian and Australian officials are going to meet after Meta pulled out. It’s unclear what they can accomplish, though.
Canadian and Australian Officials to Meet Over Meta Pullout Read More »
The Australian government is witnessing their link tax crash and burn, so there’s a push to include other platforms.
The CBC is apparently seeing the rotten fruits of their link tax labour as their web traffic faces decline.
CBC Reportedly Experiencing Decline in Web Traffic Thanks to Link Tax it Pushed For Read More »
A recent decision by Meta to not renew their link tax ransom payments in Australia has the media their hitting the panic button.
The Canadian government is now using the last tool in the chest. They are bailing out the news sector.
With the Failure of the Online News Act, Government Issues Massive Media Bailout Read More »
The pullout of Meta is predictably not exclusive to Canada. Now, it looks like news links will be dropped in Australia as well.
Predictable: Meta Announces It Would Not Be Renewing Australian News Deals Read More »
A Bill C-18 lobbyist noted what a horrible mistake it was to bail out the news sector, says the solution is even more bailouts.
Bill C-18 Lobbyist Now Resorting to Begging the Provinces for Even More Bailout Money Read More »
Is reading material copyright infringement? A judge in the OpenAI lawsuit doesn’t appear to think so after dismissing chunks of their claims.
Judge Dismisses Most of Authors Claims Against OpenAI, Training Likely Fair Use Read More »
The CRTC has released a timeline of how it expects to implement the Online News Act. This apparently involves holding consultations starting next month.
CRTC to Hold Consultations on Failed Online News Act in New Timeline Read More »
