EU Publishers Want a Law To Control Online News 168
suraj.sun writes with news that European publishers are also seeking ways to "protect" their content from the big bad intertubes. Their rant, termed the "Hamburg Declaration," asks the government to step in with a legislative fix. "Most of the statements in the relatively short declaration, which will surely take its place among thousands of other European declarations on intellectual property and other matters that have come out over the past few years, hinge on the idea that 'universal access to news' does not equal 'free.' In this respect, the publishers want to maintain the democratic ideal of a 'fourth estate' that provides news to an informed citizenry, while simultaneously restricting access to that news to those who can pay for it directly. What sets this declaration apart from the other Hamburg declarations out there, or from the various Geneva declarations or Berlin declarations, is that this one is intended to give the publishers' favorite solution to the news-stealing problem, the Automated Content Access Protocol, the force of law."
Hamburg Declaration (Score:4, Funny)
"I'll have mine with cheese and bacon."
Re:What garbage (Score:4, Funny)
really???? worse than bush???
Yes. Multi-trillion dollar deficits, continued flushing of money down the toilet on bailouts to shitty companies, pardoning the telecos for helping in illegally wiretap citizens.
cough, cough... ENRON... cough...
cough, cough... GM... cough...
Re:If you don't want it indexed, then either (Score:4, Funny)
Saying robots.txt is like telling a hungry 2 year old that they can't have a Popsicle and should go eat a green beans instead.
In many parts of Asia, green bean popsicles are popular with all ages. Where is your god now?
Re:Hamburg Declaration (Score:3, Funny)
Here I was imagining Obama flying to Germany making a famous "Ich ben ein Hamburger!"
Oh how I would love him to say that...
Re:Help me Rob Malda you're my only hope! (Score:4, Funny)
Help me Slashdot! Me and Steve Jobs were jacking each other off
Disgraceful. It should be "Steve Jobs and I".
Re:Hamburg Declaration (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Simple depiction (Score:3, Funny)
"You do realize we do not have polar bears in our streets?"
Bummer, that's one country I won't be going to on my vacation.