World News: Remaining US Presidential Primaries, Spanish General Election
Tech: Computex Taipei, E3
Festivals: Isle of Wight, Glastonbury
Sport: French Open Final, Wimbledon, US Open, England v Sri Lanka, Rugby Union Summer Internationals, Canadian F1 Grand Prix, European F1 Grand Prix, The Derby, Royal Ascot, Joshua vs Breazeale
Tech: Computex Taipei, E3
Festivals: Isle of Wight, Glastonbury
Sport: French Open Final, Wimbledon, US Open, England v Sri Lanka, Rugby Union Summer Internationals, Canadian F1 Grand Prix, European F1 Grand Prix, The Derby, Royal Ascot, Joshua vs Breazeale
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new proposal by the EU could allow publishers to – or even oblige them
to – charge for the use of snippets of their web content. We’re talking
about the kinds of snippets people post every day on Twitter and
Facebook, quote in their blogs, and that make up the headlines that you
see on NewsNow every day.
On
the face of it, you might think that this would be a good thing for
publishers. Yet because links can’t function effectively without
snippets, some are calling this a ‘link tax’ and we are highly concerned
that this would have a serious and damaging impact on publishers, all
sorts of other online services, and their users - which means you!
The EU is consulting on these plans right now but the 15 June deadline is fast approaching.
Free linking to publicly available content using snippets is fundamental to how the internet is used today.
So please respond to the consultation and make your voice heard.
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