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Astonishing that a mere corporation thinks they have the right to negotiate with a nation-state and "come to an agreement." Would that I could negotiate having
by jlangenauer 5y ago
Astonishing that a mere corporation thinks they have the right to negotiate with a nation-state and "come to an agreement."
Would that I could negotiate having to comply with laws that affect me.
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- londons_explore 5y agoPlea bargains are pretty much negotiation with the state for individuals...
- cycomanic 5y agoPlea bargains are in fact not a universal thing and illegal in quite a few countries.
- chrisseaton 5y agoPeople and companies have a right to make representations when they’re subject to things like fines yes. So would you if you were fined.
- Google234 5y agoHave you heard of the legal system?
- fmajid 5y agoThey were talking about negotiations with news publishers for revenue-sharing (i.e. legalized racketeering). I hope they don’t cave disgracefully like in Australia and just shut down Google News and remove news sites from the search index in France as they did in Belgium a few years back IIRC. I am a Frenchman and very skeptical of Google, for the record, but rent-seeking by failed businesses should not be condoned, like the copyright levy charged on data storage devices here.
- tpush 5y ago> [...] just shut down Google News and remove news sites from the search index in France [...] AFAIU the French regulators decreed that Google can't not link, either [0]. It's quite a paradox: Google needs to pay to show snippets or even just linking to French (EU) news sites, but can't not show snippets/link either. [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/french-regulator-says-google-must-pay-news-sites-to-send-them-traffic https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/french-regulator...
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- dahfizz 5y agoThey were ordered by the government to come to an agreement with the publishers.