Publicly it is their religion, in private business deals they make sure the rules are set for themselves.

It is sad there are people like you who think everything is a transaction. Posting a link is a recommendation, it is no way stealing.

They may be.

So Lemmy instance admins should be paying for all the links on their sites too?

It seems good to me. If people want it they can get it now.

They got my click by burying the lede. That is everyone’s strategy now.

I guess the significant thing is that the judge ruled this way based on current laws and past legal precedent which should hopefully be consistent in future cases.

Of course the US doesn’t like it. Their country is getting all the benefit of US corporations basically running the internet without contributing to the societies they are leaching money from.

I would prefer my kids learn things that will be useful.

I would say people are more likely to drive to a restaurant or bar than a park so drinking alcohol in parks may lower drinking and driving. Public intoxication is still illegal.

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THis was posted in 2021…

I assumed cell phones would be banned in classrooms. When I was in school any sight of a walkman would get it taken away!

Too bad there was no mention of decentralised alternates like Lemmy or kbin.