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Re:Four Wikipedias to ‘Black Out’ over EU Copyright Directive by Tarean on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:04AM (#19449998)
A service could offer an ad-free version for a fee.
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Re:Four Wikipedias to ‘Black Out’ over EU Copyright Directive by kruczek on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:46AM (#19450438)
If you provide a free service which is only accessible after you give permission to data processing, then that permission is not freely given and thus invalid (as long as such processing is not strictly necessary to provide the service) - see Article 7 and Recital 43.
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