#WillieJackson, Minister of Broadcasting and Media, comments on the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, that will force one set of media corporations to pay another set of media corporations, to link to or quote from their stories.

"Any right thinking person or right thinking party would support this, because you don't want to get offside with the media do you..."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018904328/mediawatch-for-27-august-2023

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YESS!

«The #NewZealand gov said it will introduce a law requiring big online digital companies such as #Alphabet Inc’s #Google & #Meta Platforms Inc 2 pay NZ #media companies 4 the local news content that appears on their feeds.

#MinisterOfBroadcastg #WillieJackson said in a statement that the legislation will be modelled on similar laws in #Australia & #Canada & he hoped it would act as an incentive for the digital platforms to reach deals with local news outlets.»

https://nationalpost.com/news/new-zealand-follows-canada-australia-requiring-facebook-google-to-pay-for-news