This isn't a good thing for Facebook to do. They'll huff in their puff and they'll stamp their legs and then they'll agree to a deal. We'll see if they do that, but they're going to face this all over the world. So they better come up with something they'll have to pay on some level for the use of things. It's interesting. I interviewed Martha Stewart last Thursday and one of the things she said is the argument she had with time was they wanted to put all of Martha Stewart living for free. And she's like, what? What are you talking about? I'm worth something. You have to charge for good content.
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