So if you link to a website, you are suppose to pay the website you linked to money? That is insane... I hope this doesn't passes or I'm misunderstanding somthing.
Links pointing to something is helpful for search engine ranking, plus every link is free traffic basically... Linking seems like a good thing and beneficial to the website and other parties too. I'm sure someone who's article gets on the front page of HN would most likely to happy, but I guess HN would have to pay every website some money then?
From what I understand, 'link' is a misnomer; linking to an article is fine and always will be.
If you do a search on Google for, to use a topical example, the repeal of the 8th amendment to Ireland's constitution, the results are likely to include links to news and Wikipedia articles, as well as excerpts from those articles. This is what the directive is intended to address, the principle being that if the pertinent information is included in the excerpts on the search-engine results page, why would I bother following the link to read the full article?
Links pointing to something is helpful for search engine ranking, plus every link is free traffic basically... Linking seems like a good thing and beneficial to the website and other parties too. I'm sure someone who's article gets on the front page of HN would most likely to happy, but I guess HN would have to pay every website some money then?
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