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The BBC is launching a paywall in the US (www.niemanlab.org)
submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Time to unfollow them, I guess.

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[โ€“] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Nah mate. Information is free the second it leaves its source. Any attempt to curtail it after then is just a cunts trick.

[โ€“] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

I imagine you wouldn't be saying this if it was your work being used.

If you went through the painstaking effort or writing a book or something, I imagine you'd be pretty unhappy if nobody wanted to reimburse you, and you were called a cunt for wanting to be paid for your labour.