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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by Keyframe on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:10AM (#17967667)
It's already happening. chicagotribune.com leads to http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/chicagotribune.com/ for example. Not sure what to think about that.
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by JohnTHaller on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:28AM (#17967823)
If (cost of providing content to EU visitors) > (revenue generated from separate non-personalized ad network for EU visitors) { turn off EU visitor access }
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by bloak on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:52AM (#17968058)
Nor me, but I would guess that blocking EU traffic is neither necessary nor sufficient for avoiding compliance with EU law. Not doing any business in the EU would seem to be a more obvious general solution.

For example, you may block EU traffic, but if you have a bank account in the EU, and if an EU citizen discovers somehow, perhaps while travelling abroad, that you are misusing their personal data...

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by aembleton on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:58AM (#17968102)
latimes.com does it too
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