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Countries protect their domestic companies all the time.

• Mirioron 6y ago
  Sure, but you generally don't want to be blatant about it. If the US decides to start swinging its weight around to protect Google/Facebook from this (or as retaliation) then Australia is most definitely going to come out on the losing side.
  • lenkite 6y ago
    This is happening in the US too. Google/Facebook should pay for the news they use: https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-google-facebook-should-pay-for-news-they-use/ https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-google-f...
  • fxtentacle 6y ago
    You mean how the DMCA grants US companies legal immunity for most copyright infringements if the content is posted by an "unrelated" user account instead of the official company account? FYI I work on catching image thieves in the US and we sadly see lots of cases where you feel that it should clearly be illegal that a company is using someone else's photo without permission, but oddly enough it turns out to be not legally pursuable.