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Is not even a landmark law... Spain and Germany did it first... My understanding is it didn't work too well for publishers due to the decreased traffic...

• ocdtrekkie 6y ago
  Indeed, the problem is that Google is incredibly powerful, and one country at a time fighting them doesn't work. Google cuts them off until they back down. We basically need a large group of countries to agree, at the same time, to make the same demands, to give Google no choice but to comply, or exit the business. (To some degree, the EU is capable of doing this, but enforcement and interpretation of EU directives can be a bit piecemeal.) It's time for countries to start treating Google more like an enemy foreign power than a mere company, especially if it wants to act on that stage.
  • Silhouette 6y ago
    Isn't the point here that Google did exit the business when local laws required it to do so, but that turned out to hurt the media who were previously complaining more than it helped them?
  • koonsolo 6y ago
    You think somebody else will want to build a search engine with these crazy laws? Good luck with that.
• initplus 6y ago
  Overseas, Google told news outlets "wave the fee or we remove your results". The Australian law has a new unique element forbidding this practice.
• ipsum2 6y ago
  The Australian law is different - Google cannot delist/derank the publishers from the search results, so Google is forced to pay or leave.
  • chrismcb 6y ago
    How can this be justified? It sounds like the Australian government is forcing Google to list the links and then charge then for it.
  • anothernewdude 6y ago
    Of course they can remove them from the search results - don't be insane. You do not have to index a website just because they want to get paid. You cannot force a business into a contract nor into a business relationship.
    • asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
      If you have the guns, you can do what you want. This is the case with australia in australia. Of course google can choose to leave, and they seem to think that would be preferable to paying.
    • ipsum2 6y ago
      According to Australia bill they want to sign into law, Google will be forced to include the links. Which makes sense why Google wants to withdraw from the country.