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0 pointsekimekim5y ago0 comments

> Google can afford to pay for the right to link to publishers. New startups can't.

The law specifically only targets Google and Facebook due to their monopoly power. New startups are not affected.

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No, it targets any digital platform at the discretion of a single elected Member of Parliament.

If /r/australia got too influential or troublesome to this politician, in the lead up to an election perhaps, then there is no need to get anything through parliament - this individual can essentially add reddit.com to a list and then send Condé Nast the bill.

jedberg5y ago

> and then send Condé Nast the bill.

Just so you know, Conde Nast hasn't owned reddit for over a decade.

denismi5y ago

Isn't that like saying "it's not owned by Google, it's owned by Alphabet"?

jedberg5y ago

No, it would be more like saying Nest owns Google because they have the same parent company. If anything, reddit is the larger of the two. And the parent company that own Conde Nast (Advance publications) does not own all of reddit, unlike how Alphabet owns all of Google.

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denismi5y ago

No, it targets any digital platform at the discretion of a single elected Member of Parliament.

jedberg5y ago

> and then send Condé Nast the bill.

Just so you know, Conde Nast hasn't owned reddit for over a decade.

denismi5y ago

Isn't that like saying "it's not owned by Google, it's owned by Alphabet"?

jedberg5y ago

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