That Link You Just Posted Could Cost You (Boards.ie Ltd.) 300 Euro

Ionax · 02-01-2013 11:21pm #1

Only in Ireland could posting a link cost a website €300.

Boards.ie Ltd and PIE Media Ltd. must be shi.tting themselves.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/01/02/2056208/that-link-you-just-posted-could-cost-you-300-euros

Here's the list of publishers:

Irish Independent
Irish Examiner
The Irish Times
Irish Daily Star
Evening Herald
The Sunday Independent
Sunday World
The Sunday Business Post
Irish Mail on Sunday
Irish Farmers Journal
Irish Daily Mail
Irish Daily Mirror
Irish Sun
Irish Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Times
Irish Sun Sunday

This half-finished site says it all:

http://www.newspaperlicensing.ie/v2/index.htm

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 02-01-2013 11:23pm

Sausages also have links.

Biggins · 02-01-2013 11:25pm

If there is a follow through with that - there is going to be a MASSIVE drop in their readership of their sites.

HUGE!

Add to that, the adverts on their pages will get FAR less clicks!

Double loss...

Jimoslimos · 02-01-2013 11:25pm

Could you post a link to that story from a reputable news source please?

Fr_Dougal · 02-01-2013 11:26pm

Wow...how sad and desperate is this group...

GLaDOS · 02-01-2013 11:26pm

Biggins wrote: »

If there is a follow through with that - there is going to be a MASSIVE drop in their readership of their sites.

HUGE!

Yeah I agree, whatever about people copying & pasting stories, surely they should be encouraging linking!

phill106 · 02-01-2013 11:26pm

If this comes to pass I will go onto the newspapers website, find the comment section and keep posting links. Links to competing newspapers. Boards.ie maybe too?

jd007 · 02-01-2013 11:26pm

Ionax wrote: »

Irish Independent
Irish Examiner
The Irish Times
Irish Daily Star
Evening Herald
The Sunday Independent
Sunday World
The Sunday Business Post
Irish Mail on Sunday
Irish Farmers Journal
Irish Daily Mail
Irish Daily Mirror
Irish Sun
Irish Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Times
Irish Sun Sunday

Not the farmers journal!

NOOOOOOOO!!!

El Guapo! · 02-01-2013 11:27pm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

, surely they should be encouraging linking!

Exactly.
I was just about to post this!

A Dub in Glasgo · 02-01-2013 11:28pm

http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2012/12/30/2012-the-year-irish-newspapers-tried-to-destroy-the-web/

Skid · 02-01-2013 11:28pm

So then everyone will link to thejournal.ie instead, which rewrites most Newspaper stories just enough that there is no breach of Copyright.

No harm done.

minidazzler · 02-01-2013 11:28pm

Good luck to them invoicing boards for posting links.

Why don't they just set up a subscription model so that articles can't be linked.

miamee · 02-01-2013 11:29pm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Yeah I agree, whatever about people copying & pasting stories, surely they should be encouraging linking!

Of course they should but they still don't understand the internet or more importantly, social media.

Fox_In_Socks · 02-01-2013 11:29pm

http://blather.net/globaleyes/archives/2006/08/mcd_are_suing_boardsie.html

Hmmm? Oh, I'm just an innocent Fox!

**Whistles**

Cienciano · 02-01-2013 11:30pm

As long as www.dailymail.co.uk isn't one of them AH is ok

Biggins · 02-01-2013 11:31pm

This is one MASSIVE hole in their thinking also.

In their daftness of thinking, they will have to chase after Google for daft huge amounts if only for the fact that google posts literally thousands of possible links to their websites “without asking first”. Not only this, but googles cache’ing mechanisms could be violating their copyright.

Good luck to them chasing after Google.
The court case legal fees alone could possibly wipe the Irish end of things out! LOL

Then there is Facebook...

gctest50 · 02-01-2013 11:31pm

These too ?

http://www.newspaperlicensing.ie/v2/regional.php

Regional Newspaper Member Titles.

Regional Newspapers

The Athlone Voice
The Longford News
The Midland/Tullamore Tribune
The Roscommon Champion
Anglo Celt
Meath Chronicle
Westmeath Examiner
Westmeath Offaly Independent
Sligo Champion
Clare Champion
Connacht Sentinel
Connacht Tribune
Galway City Tribune
Connaught Telegraph
Dungarvan Leader
Dungarvan Observer
Enniscorthy Guardian
Gorey Guardian
New Ross Standard
Drogheda Independent
Fingal Independent
Bray People
Carlow People
Wexford People
Wicklow People
The Dundalk Argus
The Corkman
The Kerryman
Waterford People
Donegal Democrat
Donegal on Sunday
Dundalk Democrat
Kilkenny People
Leinster Express
Leinster Leader
Leitrim Observer
Letterkenny People
Limerick Chronicle
Limerick Leader
Longford Leader
Nationalist and Munster Advertiser
Offaly Express
Tallaght Echo
Tipperary Star
Kerry’s Eye
Marine Times
Mayo News
Donegal News
Cavan Post
Donegal Post
Finn Valley Post
Inish Times
Leitrim Post
Monaghan Post
Meath Post
Wicklow News
Southern Star
The Avondhu
The Carrigdhoun
Nenagh Guardian
Athlone Topic
Meath Topic
Offaly Topic
Westmeath Topic
Tuam Herald
Western People
Kildare Nationalist
Laois Nationalist
The Nationalist
Waterford News & Star
The Kingdom
Sligo Weekender
Roscommon Herald
The Enniscorthy Echo
Wexford Echo
New Ross Echo
The Irish Post

Regional Free Newspapers

Dun Laoghaire Gazette
Dundrum Gazette
Blanch Gazette
Castleknock Gazette
Lucan Gazette
Clondalkin Gazette
Swords Gazette
Malahide Gazette
South Tipp Today
Kildare Post
Letterkenny Post
Sligo Post

orestes · 02-01-2013 11:32pm

Some cheek on them considering how often they nick stuff from here.

Biggins · 02-01-2013 11:33pm

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Could you post a link to that story from a reputable news source please?

http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2012/12/30/2012-the-year-irish-newspapers-tried-to-destroy-the-web/

3ndahalfof6 · 02-01-2013 11:33pm

Ionax wrote: »

Only in Ireland could posting a link cost a website €300.

Boards.ie Ltd and PIE Media Ltd. must be shi.tting themselves.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/01/02/2056208/that-link-you-just-posted-could-cost-you-300-euros

Here's the list of publishers:

Irish Independent
Irish Examiner
The Irish Times
Irish Daily Star
Evening Herald
The Sunday Independent
Sunday World
The Sunday Business Post
Irish Mail on Sunday
Irish Farmers Journal
Irish Daily Mail
Irish Daily Mirror
Irish Sun
Irish Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Times
Irish Sun Sunday

Why did you put, Boards.ie LTD in ( ) will this protect them, or will it protect them.

Cienciano · 02-01-2013 11:34pm

So if you put the link through a URL shortener site like tinyurl will it be ok?

wes · 02-01-2013 11:35pm

It doesn't make a lot of sense. Links posted on discussion sites, facebook etc, would drive traffic towards there sites.

keith16 · 02-01-2013 11:36pm

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Why did you put, Boards.ie LTD in ( ) will this protect them, or will it protect them.

Yes, parentheses double up as handy little shields (look).

For Forks Sake · 02-01-2013 11:37pm

"Do you like to tweet or share links to interesting news articles? According to a coalition of Irish newspapers, that makes you a pirate.

Fanf*ckingtastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBH4g_ua5es

3ndahalfof6 · 02-01-2013 11:37pm

wes wrote: »

It doesn't make a lot of sense. Links posted on discussion sites, facebook etc, would drive traffic towards there sites.

10 mile back up.

Biggins · 02-01-2013 11:37pm

Cienciano wrote: »

So if you put the link through a URL shortener site like tinyurl will it be ok?

Apparently not.

I look forward to years of litigation in the European courts as Google and Facebook alone drag them out for years in legal arguments!

Chuck Stone · 02-01-2013 11:38pm

getfucked.com

3ndahalfof6 · 02-01-2013 11:40pm

Chuck Stone wrote: »

get****ed.com

Get fooked .condom, happy eating.

hoodwinked · 02-01-2013 11:42pm

phill106 wrote: »

If this comes to pass I will go onto the newspapers website, find the comment section and keep posting links. Links to competing newspapers. Boards.ie maybe too?

This is a genius idea!

ill join you on that!

€300 per link + Boards.ie linked 10 times an hour = ???

Boards we'll make you rich beyond your wildest dreams!

Biggins · 02-01-2013 11:44pm

As one person said on a solicitor company website (HERE):

Let them. Let them insist that anybody linking to them has to acquire a license.

They’ve not thought this through really have they?

No link -> no google, bing, no organic traffic, no facebook traffic, no twitter traffic, no trafic, period.

“Poof”
“What was that?”
“That was the Irish newspapers vanishing off the internet”
“Good riddance”

Cienciano · 02-01-2013 11:44pm

Bizarre that all the newspapers agreed to it. A link to their site is free publicity for them, free advertising for them and easy way to get hits on their site!
I can understand them being against c&p stories, but links?? That just doesn't make sense!

Lyaiera · 02-01-2013 11:44pm

This is the funniest thing I've heard all year. I even think it will continue to be the funniest thing I've heard long into this new year.

Solair · 02-01-2013 11:45pm

If that's what they want to do, they should start by closing down their websites.

I don't see how a link is anything more than saying "see page 36 of the Times"

I would actually go further if they do this and boycott their physical papers too!
Sick of this kind of money grabbing, anti Internet nonsense!

02-01-2013 11:45pm

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Why did you put, Boards.ie LTD in ( ) will this protect them, or will it protect them.

(BOARDS.IE) is boards.ie's FREEMAN designation. Just saying.

clairefontaine · 02-01-2013 11:46pm

Biggins wrote: »

This is one MASSIVE hole in their thinking also.

In their daftness of thinking, they will have to chase after Google for daft huge amounts if only for the fact that google posts literally thousands of possible links to their websites “without asking first”. Not only this, but googles cache’ing mechanisms could be violating their copyright.

Good luck to them chasing after Google.
The court case legal fees alone could possibly wipe the Irish end of things out! LOL

Then there is Facebook...

The hubris is stunning.

galwayrush · 02-01-2013 11:47pm

AH is better when topics with nothing to back them up are posted,:cool:

02-01-2013 11:47pm

Lyaiera wrote: »

This is the funniest thing I've heard all year. I even think it will continue to be the funniest thing I've heard long into this new year.

I was going to post this story on another message board. But it's a UK forum, and I'm afraid if I do they'll think it's some kind of double-bluff Irish joke. :eek:

3ndahalfof6 · 02-01-2013 11:47pm

Deleted User wrote: »

(BOARDS.IE) is boards.ie's FREEMAN designation. Just saying.

No problem, like Morgan.

minidazzler · 02-01-2013 11:49pm

galwayrush wrote: »

AH is better when topics with nothing to back them up are posted,:cool:

I see you missed the link to McGarr Solicitors

http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2012/12/30/2012-the-year-irish-newspapers-tried-to-destroy-the-web/

Duggy747 · 02-01-2013 11:50pm

They should have a chat with an SEO about what this would result in and wonder why their sites were free in the first place.

They follow up with this then their traffic vanishes and they won't appear high on Google searches, leaving their advertising revenue and popularity a joke.

Anyways, plenty of other (and better) news media online to read from as well as Irish news sites to clean up in revenue with people linking them instead.

seven_eleven · 02-01-2013 11:54pm

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0102/breaking37.html

TAKE THAT!

hoodwinked · 02-01-2013 11:57pm

Duggy747 wrote: »

They follow up with this then their traffic vanishes and they won't appear high on Google searches, leaving their advertising revenue and popularity a joke.

i just thought of this they charge google/bing

google/bing...etc remove them,

people stop visiting their sites because they no longer pop up when you google them...

oopsie a useless hidden website,

the alternative they leave the links on google, but don't charge google for them, could other sites like boards.ie appeal based on 'if google are allowed link for free why aren't we?'.

Solair · 03-01-2013 12:02am

The fewer links to your site, the lower the Google ranking.

Their sites will cease to even come up in searches eventually!

The Internet is all about links.
If you don't understand hyperlinks, stick to publishing stories on the legacy dead tree system!

If you publish online, you're linkable to!

Put your content behind a pay wall and stop moaning about people giving you free advertising if you don't want to be linked!

anhedonia · 03-01-2013 12:02am

Jesus, they'll actually be part of the darkweb.

Like those sites that have mad URLs only accessible via the TOR network that sell drugs and weapons and ****. I mean its worth the effort if you're looking for drugs and weapons, but 3rd rate news stories? i'll pass.

Solair · 03-01-2013 12:06am

RTE and the Journal are better online sources anyway and they understand the interWeb!

Biggins · 03-01-2013 12:12am

Solair wrote: »

RTE and the Journal are better online sources anyway and they understand the interWeb!

Besides - if you take everything for granted what you read from them: http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2013/01/02/ireland-immediately-writes-off-own-debt-in-first-day-of-eu-presidency/

*** Just to be clear ***

The article in that Irish news site is a complete joke!

03-01-2013 12:20am

Just post links from UK papers instead. Then see how they like it when their exposure plummets. :pac:

Biggins · 03-01-2013 12:23am

Looking at the situation, realistically with the amount of daily links alone in Facebook, Twitter and Google, the court cases from those alone up to todays date, could possibly drag on for decades.

squod · 03-01-2013 12:28am

Biggins wrote: »

Looking at the situation, realistically with the amount of daily links alone in Facebook, Twitter and Google, the court cases from those alone up to todays date, could possibly drag on for decades.

Must get meself down to FAS for a course in Judging so.

kirving · 03-01-2013 12:34am

Just to prove the stupidity of this, Google, Microsoft, et., should hide search results linking to all the newspapers listed.

Make it public, and all the advertisers on those sites would jump ship immediately.

Give them a week with a 95% reduction in traffic and see what happens.

The Th!ng · 03-01-2013 12:39am

Dinosaurs.

That Link You Just Posted Could Cost You (Boards.ie Ltd.) 300 Euro

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