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Reply To: EU link tax – Article 13

June 1, 2018 at 8:07 am #1195624

avien

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The proposed link tax is dangerous. It’s almost as dangerous as net neutrality being threatened. If I’m reading this right (and I’m open to correction as I haven’t seen the actual legislation, just reading a couple of articles on it) – It introduces a mandatory licensing fee when anyone links to a site. It’s not just news media.

That means every time BoW links to GW, GW collects a fee. Every time they link to Asmodai, Asmodai collects a fee. If anyone links to BoW, BoW collects a fee.

This is mandatory, meaning companies are required to collect the fee and cannot waive the fee in any circumstances.

It undermines the foundations of the internet. It is driven by large outdated media companies, but the draft legislation has consequences so much more far reaching than a few old media companies getting a fee for being linked to. It will stop people linking altogether. Try getting around the web without being able to hop between sites.

petition your MEP to vote against this legislation