How do you find who is charging and who is not? Why not the other way around - if you post a link, you give exposure - that's worth something no?

If this gets through in January, the UK would have to implement it too...

"Have to" is an awfully loaded phrase. If they don't, who's going to enforce it?

"Enforce this, or we'll kick you out."

"Well, we are leaving anyway, so uh, fuckity-bye."

Those "artists" believe that if their music disappears from pirate sites, they'll start to make money. They don't take into account the fact that likely nobody is downloading their stuff.

What does it mean to a forum websites, where people post news, memes or just share their knowledge about stuff?