On: Newspapers don’t need a special law to help compete with Google and Facebook

[mises]

A fee for linking is a stupid idea. Sites pay for backlinks, not the other way around. Because they can then run their own ads and make money. Were I google, I would just blacklist these sites and they would die. Sites wouldn't have much recourse; good luck suing on antitrust grounds in such a situation.

[paxys → mises]

Forming a cartel and then crying antitrust would be amazingly ironic. Wouldn't put it past them though.

[Nasrudith → paxys]

Sadly naked projection is /amazingly/ trendy and disturbingly successful.