Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Vox is still free to hire freelancers, but it has to treat them as freelancers the same way every traditional media outlet does. Vox shouldn't get a magic unicorn pass because it's digital.


Why should the government get in the middle between people who want to freelance at a rate they negotiate and Vox? Both sides have intelligent adults.


Why should the government get in the middle between people who want to freelance at a rate they negotiate and Vox?

Because we, as a society, decided decades ago that this is important to do for the good of the nation and that's why it was codified into law.


Well, society also decided at various points that government should ban interracial marriage, same sex marriage and make consensual intercourse between two adults of the same sex illegal.

You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t think that we should celebrate giving the government more power over what consenting adults are allowed to do when it doesn’t invade another person’s rights.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: