What happens when my employment no longer pays for OLDaily? This will happen in less than two years. I could shut it down, but I'd rather add it to the list of digital-first independent media organizations referenced by Michael Geist in this article. These organizations are funded by user contributions and in some cases are open access, and in other cases not so much. It depends on their business model (one guess as to which I'd prefer). Why does this matter? Geist is arguing - correctly, I feel - that legislation requiring social media to pay for content it links to exclusively benefits the large media corporations that have been lobbying for it. "A policy that favours the legacy companies that have struggled to adapt to the online environment is an approach that will harm competition and make the transition to digital, independent media even more difficult," he writes.
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