Newspaper Publishers and Bitcoin Browser Brave Tangle over Publishing Rights
Brave Software Inc., the creator of a browser that blocks unwanted web ads and replaces them with ads generated by Brave with payouts in Bitcoin, has been advised by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) that its plan to replace publishers’ ads on their own websites with Brave’s advertising is illegal, a charge that Brave immediately disputed. The NAA claims to have 17 member companies and more than 1,200 newspapers. Brave will pay advertisers, users, agencies and publishers in bitcoin. “Brave’s proposed business model crosses legal and ethical boundaries, and should be viewed as....
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