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[–]Mnemonic[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Does it really need to bow to illegitimate European laws?

Ehm yes, like you have to pay to get stuff from Europe ;) I would only be for the certain (or all) countries that do this, but a linktax is a linktax. I don't see it happening that quick for small sites, as it's intended for google news etc.

[–]Work2Death 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think the point is that the EU does not have the authority to collect taxes from an American website. That would be like San Francisco taxing the chocolate sales in Switzerland. Sure, San Francisco can pass the tax.... but they don't have the authority to collect.

What the EU probably can do is block sites that refuse to pay.

I hope I didn't misunderstand what you were trying to convey.

[–]Mnemonic[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What the EU probably can do is block sites that refuse to pay.

Exactly.

but they don't have the authority to collect.

I'm not sure about that, but I fear that if they want to implement it beyond the big platforms (for which both articles are intended) I would guess some sort of general payway/subscription service for smaller platforms.