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Re:The EU Copyright Directive: What Redditors in Europe Need... by betterunix2 on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:23PM (#18579365)
What is your point? That FT's business model might fail if they could not rely on copyrights? I think they need a business model that is better suited to the modern world if that is the case (or we need to own the fact that when it comes to newspapers etc. we are not interested in a market-based approach).
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Re:The EU Copyright Directive: What Redditors in Europe Need... by microtherion on Sunday December 02, 2018 @04:45AM (#18581634)
Such business models "better suited to the modern world" were actually developed. Click here to read 5 reasons why the result might shock you!
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Re:The EU Copyright Directive: What Redditors in Europe Need... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday December 02, 2018 @01:35AM (#18581137)
> they need a business model that is better suited to the modern world

The model that works under such constraints is a hard, high paywall guarding differentiated content. A consequence of such regulation is one having to pay for content with dollars, not eyeballs.

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