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    1. [BEARA] Irish newspapers charging 300 Euros for linking
    2. Bill Gawne
    3. Dear friends of Beara, Please be very careful about posting any links to Irish newspapers. See these two articles for details. http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2012/12/30/2012-the-year-irish-newspapers-tried-to-destroy-the-web/ http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2013/01/irish-newspapers-will-now-be-ignored.html The gist of the issue is that if you post a link to any of the 15 National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) they will bill you a minimum of 300 Euros. Now, in practice this means they will bill Rootsweb, the host of this mailing list. But it could effectively shut us down in short order. I hope those of you living in Ireland will make the NNI papers aware of the insanity of this policy. In a year when Ireland is trying to promote an international gathering, it's crazy to adopt such a draconian policy. But until the policy is rescinded I suspect you'll see Rootsweb and other genealogy sites imposing policies that remove links to any NNI site. -- Bill

    01/03/2013 05:48:15