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What actually is the government proposing. Is it that linking to a news service should be paid for (which to me seems a little odd as the link is sending the ne
by dragonsky67 6y ago
What actually is the government proposing. Is it that linking to a news service should be paid for (which to me seems a little odd as the link is sending the news source business) or is it the embedding of actual news text on the google search page?
Didn't we have content aggregation arguments out some time back?
- somedangedname 6y agoHere is the government's fact sheet on the policy: https://www.accc.gov.au/focus-areas/digital-platforms/draft-news-media-bargaining-code https://www.accc.gov.au/focus-areas/digital-platforms/draft-...
- dragonsky67 6y agoAt first pass it seems a little odd that they are specifically naming Google and Facebook but not the "Media" that they are supposed to negotiate with. Sounds like the government is trying to avoid having every blog and website be caught up in needing to pay to provide the link.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoAs a disclaimer I work for Google but have no special insight so feel free to not take my word for it My understanding is that the regulation covers 2 types of content: One is web pages or apps that use "story panels" containing excerpts of articles, like you see in the Discover feed on Android, or when looking at articles from certain publishers in Google News. In some places (notably France), Google already pays publishers for this. Google would also be required to pay when regular search results include links to Australian news websites (not sure if the payments would be based on views or click-throughs). Having to pay for linking to websites is a lot more unusual and probably not a precedent that Google wants to see (especially since the law wouldn't apply equally to all search engines)