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It's not bad, but they are not paying for this content, even if they have an incentive to display these abstracts (people using their tools). The law regarding
by Reventlov 6y ago
It's not bad, but they are not paying for this content, even if they have an incentive to display these abstracts (people using their tools). The law regarding the « droits voisins » (related rights) says it's a right to get a fair price for people using your content, and that's why Google has to pay if they want to display the content.
As google is in a monopoly position, they can not refuse to display them (without even having tried to find a fair price) as it would hurt press (and, doing so, press freedom, which is a fundamental right in france).
You may think it's dumb, you may think it's not, I'm not debating this, I'm just stating what is the position of the lawmaker and the court.
- wolco 6y agoA better summary. Press freedom is fundamental. Monopoly must pay for press because they must show it. We demand they show it for press freedom.
- zajio1am 6y ago> It's not bad, but they are not paying for this content, even if they have an incentive to display these abstracts And press has an incentive to pay for being propagated in search results. As both sides gain in this exchange even without monetary transaction, there is no obvious way to see who should pay whom and zero price (in both sides) is a reasonable position. It is true that Google being in a monopoly position makes it hard to establish price for 'being announced in search results'.
- cabalamat 6y ago> it's a right to get a fair price for people using your content, and that's why Google has to pay if they want to display the content But the French government wants Google to pay regardless of whether Google wants to display the content or not. Which is clearly offensive to natural justice, even if you don't like Google.
- travisoneill1 6y agoHow would this hurt press freedom? You are still allowed to print what you want. Press freedom is not an entitlement to an audience.