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Walled Culture<p><strong>Yes, let’s “Make it Fair” – by recognising that copyright has failed to reward creators properly</strong></p><p>A few weeks ago, the UK’s regional and national daily news titles ran similar front covers, exhorting the government there to “Make it Fair”. The campaign Web site explained:</p><p>Tech companies use creative content, such as news articles, books, music, film, photography, visual art, and all kinds of creative work, to train their generative AI models.</p><p>Publishers and creators say that doing […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/creators/" target="_blank">#creators</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/dailies/" target="_blank">#dailies</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/eu-copyright-directive/" target="_blank">#euCopyrightDirective</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/generative-ai/" target="_blank">#generativeAi</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/journalists/" target="_blank">#journalists</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/link-tax/" target="_blank">#linkTax</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/newspapers/" target="_blank">#newspapers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/opt-out/" target="_blank">#optOut</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/publishers/" target="_blank">#publishers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/ratchet/" target="_blank">#ratchet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/snippet-tax/" target="_blank">#snippetTax</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/sustainability/" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/tax/" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/theft/" target="_blank">#theft</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/training/" target="_blank">#training</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/uk/" target="_blank">#uk</a></p><p><a href="https://walledculture.org/yes-lets-make-it-fair-by-recognising-that-copyright-has-failed-to-reward-creators-properly/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">walledculture.org/yes-lets-mak</span><span class="invisible">e-it-fair-by-recognising-that-copyright-has-failed-to-reward-creators-properly/</span></a></p>
Walled Culture<p><strong>Newspaper publishers’ obsession with link and snippet taxes is bad for society – and bad for them</strong></p><p>Traditional newspapers have been complaining about the rise of the digital world for decades. Their discontent derives from the fact that they failed to recognise opportunities early on, leaving the field open for a new generation of born-digital companies to meet the demand for alternative ways to access the news. Rather than trying to understand the dynamics of the … </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/facebook/" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/google/" target="_blank">#google</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/instagram/" target="_blank">#instagram</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/journalism/" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/link-tax/" target="_blank">#linkTax</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/newspapers/" target="_blank">#newspapers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/parasitism/" target="_blank">#parasitism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/snippet-tax/" target="_blank">#snippetTax</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/youtube/" target="_blank">#youtube</a></p><p>https://walledculture.org/newspaper-publishers-obsession-with-link-and-snippet-taxes-is-bad-for-society-and-bad-for-them/</p>
Glyn Moody<p>French Competition Authority Fines Google Nearly $600 Million For Failing To Negotiate A Nonsensical Deal With Publishers 'In Good Faith' - <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210719/08005047202/french-competition-authority-fines-google-nearly-600-million-failing-to-negotiate-nonsensical-deal-with-publishers-good-faith.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/articles/20210719</span><span class="invisible">/08005047202/french-competition-authority-fines-google-nearly-600-million-failing-to-negotiate-nonsensical-deal-with-publishers-good-faith.shtml</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> has driven france mad... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snippettax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snippettax</span></a></p>