European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrous’ copyright bill
This is what happens when those in control don't understand, know or care about the things they regulate.<p>So I guess this is bad.<p><i>--goes and reads article--</i><p>> Article 11, requiring online platforms to pay publishers a fee if they link to their news content, was also approved.<p>What the fucking FUCK?<p>Pay to send companies actual traffic? Pay to be allowed to use the basic building-block of the world wide web on the world wide web?<p>Just how is it possible to be so out of touch with how things work, and still be allowed to pass regulation?<p>I'm honestly not able to come up with an analogy which sufficiently illustrates just how backwards this whole thing is.