[bluelu]

They explicitly added an exception later on for newspapers (See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38114111)

[ajmurmann]

Well, if they made the bizarrely uneven application of law explicit, it's all cool...

[fransje26]

No. It is just as illegal for newspapers.

https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-tech-news-site-heisede-illega...

[em-bee]

this article is a year old, but heise hasn't changed their model. so what is it going to take for that to change?

i have been arguing against this for some time and i am glad to finally see some support, but more work is needed.

[fransje26]

It's going to take the heavy hammer of the European Commission to fall on them with a significant fine before they do anything about it.

Unfortunately, with so many misbehaving players, that seems to take some time.. But from the fines I read about, once it falls, it falls painfully. Their choice.

[gpderetta]

Sorry, I don't see in that thread where the exception is coming from. Can you be more explicit?