Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro...
by reaperducer on Friday May 25, 2018 @11:38AM
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>Availability of quality free content is not a problem
Only if all content on every web site around the world is equal. Which it is not.
If the quality was the same everywhere, and the same content was available everywhere, then people in Europe wouldn't have to go to web sites in other countries.
There are lots of reasons for companies in Europe to need to read the Chicago Tribune (PR clipping service, for example). But the Tribune's content is no longer available to the E.U., and will not be replicated elsewhere for copyright reasons.
As much as I dislike Tronc as an entity, I don't blame it for this decision. Within hours of GDPR going into effect, the lawsuits started flying. That's exactly why some companies decided it was easier to just opt out of Europe.
Only if all content on every web site around the world is equal. Which it is not.
If the quality was the same everywhere, and the same content was available everywhere, then people in Europe wouldn't have to go to web sites in other countries.
There are lots of reasons for companies in Europe to need to read the Chicago Tribune (PR clipping service, for example). But the Tribune's content is no longer available to the E.U., and will not be replicated elsewhere for copyright reasons.
As much as I dislike Tronc as an entity, I don't blame it for this decision. Within hours of GDPR going into effect, the lawsuits started flying. That's exactly why some companies decided it was easier to just opt out of Europe.