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Facebook rejects Australia's pay-for-news plan, proposes its own idea: How about no more articles at all, sunshine?

SlippyBuckfast

Re: Klaatu Barata Nikto!

"no different than trying to a charge a web site for linking to your content"

I don't think it is. facebook is sort of a walled garden. Kinda like AOL was. except everyone is on it. So whereas it was never possible to stop 'the internet' linking to and effectively copying your stories - it is with facebook - the analogy I'd make is more like say a newspaper coming out that is just a copy of the previous days competitor newspaper. you'd not accept that either morally (stealing) or practically (day out of date). facebook steals it, makes money out of it, and it's up to date.

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