The European Union backs Italy's right to make Meta pay for news 2 months ago
I'm also not happy that news organizations get special exceptions. It is very easy to construct cynical motives:
- Politicians need the news so journalists are protected.
- If news organizations get paid, they have no incentive to be AI critical.
The article says that "news are vital". So is open source, films, images, art, and the authors do not get paid by the thieves.