European Commission wants to break the web, give publishers the right to charge for inbound links

So whenever one if those publishers references another piece of work that isn’t their own (polls, studies, articles from other publications, etc.) will they be charged as well?

Oh, and what about bibliographies in books?

And laws referencing private standards?

Don’t forget to tax those people talking about “Mr. Robot” around the water cooler. May as well include them. It’s not like THEY wrote that terrific show. Why should their conversations benefit from the hard work of Sam Esmail?

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