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As I understand it, the newspapers in Australia want Google to pay for the right to show them in search results. Google is experimenting with not showing them i
by bagacrap 6y ago
As I understand it, the newspapers in Australia want Google to pay for the right to show them in search results. Google is experimenting with not showing them in the results at all, which I assume is the alternative if Google doesn't want to pay. And now the newspapers cry foul? So the idea is that Google must show them in results and must pay?
Seems absurd to legislate that company A must pay company B with no alternative.
- chid 6y agoPerhaps, my understanding is the government came up with this though likely as a result of lobbying. As an Australian I have found the campaign by Google very distasteful. They have ads everywhere against it and it's prominent on their home page. Now, as for the law itself. It's probably flawed, but I appreciate that the government is looking into this space and the effects on discourse. Hopefully next on the radar is newspapers and media.