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This same thing happened in Spain, several years ago. The government passed a law charging google for linking to Spanish media sites. Google said "gracias, pe
by hotsauceror 3y ago
This same thing happened in Spain, several years ago. The government passed a law charging google for linking to Spanish media sites. Google said "gracias, pero no" and stopped linking to those sites. The publishers immediately got upset about the loss of traffic to their websites.
Mike Masnick's schadenfreude alone could have powered a small nation for a week.
- marcod 3y agoI forgot all about that. > Last November [2021], Spain overturned the 2014 law and instead signed on to a European Union copyright directive that lets publishers negotiate their agreements directly with platforms. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/06/after-8-years-google-news-returns-to-spain/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/06/after-8-years-google-news-...