I know that we are all better off if this law is struck down in the courts, but it seems to me that Twitter and Facebook could easily afford to buy a small theme park just to prove how ridiculous this law is.
Sometimes the only way to teach is to let the student get hurt.
It's not like it wouldn't be easily reversible. But if Google just shut off news links to Australian news media, I'm sure the law would be repealed in less than a month.
Facebook banning news links in Australia is the right thing to do if this law is in place.
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Would it be cheaper to buy a theme park than pay the legal fight
I know that we are all better off if this law is struck down in the courts, but it seems to me that Twitter and Facebook could easily afford to buy a small theme park just to prove how ridiculous this law is.
/div>I wish Google had cut off Australian news
Sometimes the only way to teach is to let the student get hurt.
It's not like it wouldn't be easily reversible. But if Google just shut off news links to Australian news media, I'm sure the law would be repealed in less than a month.
Facebook banning news links in Australia is the right thing to do if this law is in place.
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