Editorial: Don't mind Facebook's empty threats: Pass the JCPA

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | December 6, 2022 | The Editorial Board

[Jeff Chandler]

Will this law affect this forum?

[chief lee runamok]

The pittsburgh post-gazette desperately seeking their piece of the pie.

[marktwain]

I have read analysis that this gives power to media favored by the U.S. Government.

Anyone know more details?

[Skywise]

Don’t listen to Facebook - gimme dat money!

[Skywise]

Don’t listen to Facebook - gimme dat money!

[Erik Latranyi]

I would think this would kill FR overnight if we had to pay for every story posted.

[circlecity]

“… mostly small, local, community-rooted operations — across the country.”

I don’t believe this part for a second.

[Kaiser8408a]

McConnell you total POS!!!!!

[Sirius Lee]

Does it work both directions. Say CBS points to a twitter or FB post in its news story. Shouldn’t CBS have to pay for the content?

[Huskrrrr]

Pravda Bill.

[amnestynone]

I would think that instead of posting the news stories on the site. They could just post links.

[bk1000]

“Will this law affect this forum?”

This “law” would violate the First Amendment and therefore be unconstitutional.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I found that remark suspicious, also. Most ‘local’ papers are actually parts of big chains, as far as I know.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Whether FR would have to pay would depend on whether the JCPA actually repeals the Fair Use doctrine.

[Erik Latranyi]

This “law” would violate the First Amendment and therefore be unconstitutional.

HAHAHAHA

As if the constitution matters anymore.

[thefactor]

I don’t think this law would affect FR at all.

[Erik Latranyi]

That is the confusing part.

“Under the terms of the bill now, with the text of this amendment in place, the only thing it seems to do is to force the platforms to pay the fair market value, specifically for the right to acquire, crawl, or index the publisher’s content.

Now let that sink in for a minute.

Currently they can do that for free under the fair use doctrine of our intellectual property laws. They can already do that, and they can do that for free…

The bill specifically says that it doesn’t change our copyright or intellectual property laws.

So, what exactly are they paying the publishers for? The platforms are paying publishers for a property right, but it’s a property right that they don’t own… under our intellectual property laws as they now exist.”

[Erik Latranyi]

A bill that would let most news outlets collectively negotiate with dominant tech platforms for compensation to distribute their content.

Collective negotiation.

This would fund all the news organizations that hate us.

Do not think for a minute that they will not come after sites like FR.

[G Larry]

"FaceBook Threats"???

If FB evaporated tomorrow the only damage would be the impact to Vanity!!!!

(and the shareholders profiting from the Vanity of the masses)