Well, this one is an absolute corker of a story. Someone had what they likely feel was a terribly Good Idea. The sort of Idea that wins oneself promotions, pay rises, and a nice pat on the shoulder from the boss, that sort of thing. The National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) is an organisation of various newspapers found within the nation. He or She perhaps an employee of the NNI itself. Anyway, presumably after a great deal of Blue Sky Thinking whilst sitting bored in the cube farm they excitedly identified a new revenue stream.
A new way of making more money has been devised. So what if the odd Charity has to be leaned on, there be Euros to earn! So, what was this cutting edge idea? What had this Suit and his or her bosses getting all worked up? Well… they have decided that they can charge people for daring to put links to member newspapers online articles on their own websites. You know, like everybody does and has done since teh internets was created. So, if I put a link to a story from the Daily Bollocks, say, then I should pay them a fee. Even though this here blog is… well a blog, just a silly place for publishing silly thoughts and pointing out the lunatic actions and ideas of others, not for profit, not a penny have I made from this
More info on the story:
http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/newspapers-charges-linking-ireland-740093-Jan2013/
