From Sean Gabb
I hope this fails. It probably will. Most efforts to suck money out of Internet users tend to fail. I have increasing doubts regarding the legitimacy of copyright laws. In any event, I wouldn’t wish to see this particular propaganda conduit for the ruling class make even more money. [SIG]
Http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/british-library-newspaper-archive-plan-riles-murdoch-1978970.html
British Library newspaper archive plan riles Murdoch
By Ian Burrell, Media Editor
Friday, 21 May 2010
The heir to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation empire attacked the
British Library yesterday for “harming the market” in print journalism
by allowing online access to its vast newspaper archive. James Murdoch,
head of News Corp in Europe and Asia, spoke out days ahead of his
company’s big gamble in introducing charges for access to the websites
of The Times and The Sunday Times.
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