@pre As a Canadian techie, I was telling everyone who would listen that this was the obvious and unavoidable outcome if bill C-18 was passed.
I wrote a (hopefully) funny thread about it.
https://mindly.social/@cazabon/110857550275035974
#C18 #LinkTax #facebook #google #DinosaurMedia #media #legacy
#Canadian #Legacy #Media: Hey govt, do us a solid and make #Google and #Facebook give us #money. Govt: Uh, for what? CLM: You know, because they have money, and we can't figure out how to get some ourselves. Govt: I'm not sure... CLM: You're #politicians, and you'll get to publicly stand up to #American #Big #Tech. Govt: Sold! Govt: Bill C-18 will make Big Tech #pay for the #privilege of #sharing #links to Canadian media. 1/x #BigTech #CanadianMedia #C18 #consequences
I think #Chekov said something to the effect of, you can't show the #audience a #performative, #senseless act of #parliament in Act One unless the #government shoots itself in the foot with it in Act Three.
#C18 #FootGun #AntonChekov #BigTech #DinosaurMedia #TechDirt #LinkTax
Techies: 'Fraid not. You're trying to #have your #cake, and #eat it too.
#Canadian #Legacy #Media: We don't get it. How do you eat your cake if you don't have it?
Techies: You didn't take any history classes, did you?
CLM: Why would we need those?
Techies: Anyways... as long as C-18 is in effect, you won't get any traffic or exposure.
CLM: That sucks! Fix it!
Techies: I give up.
17/17
#idiocy #insanity #WebTax #LinkTax #C18 #Canada #DinosaurMedia
#Canadian #Legacy #Media: Hey, why are you calling us legacy media?
Techies: Well, you're the old media interests. #Newspapers, commercial #TV, maybe a bit of #radio if there's any of that left.
CLM: Uh... ya, that's us, the media.
Techies: No, you're just part of the Canadian media landscape.
CLM: ... Part of?
Techies: Yes. A small part.
CLM: But we're the media!
Techies: Oh, brother. It's gonna be *that* kind of day.
8/x
#Canadian #Legacy #Media: Hey, #government - American Big Tech stopped linking to us! Make them start again.
Government: Uh, what? You had us pass a law saying they have to pay you if they link to you. And now you want us to force them to link to you. So we'd be saying the law is now that Big Tech has to give money to you guys whether they want to or not?
CLM: Yes! Exactly!
Techies: This is even dumber than we thought it would be.
6/x
#Canadian #Techies: Uh, that's #stupid. You #link to things on the #web; that's its entire #point. You don't #pay to link to someone else.
Canadian #Legacy #Media: No, no, it's a great #idea. They get all kinds of #value for it, so we asked the #government to make them pay to link to us.
Techs: you get more out of it than they do. Your #content gets much wider #exposure, and the #links take people to your own #sites.
CLM: But we don't know how to #monetize that.
2/x
C.
The Dinosaur Dave