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Wow that's a pretty interesting story. Intrigued to see how it goes. As a lawyer for a tech co I've always wanted to entertain a situation like this (small mark

Wow that's a pretty interesting story. Intrigued to see how it goes. As a lawyer for a tech co I've always wanted to entertain a situation like this (small market is behaving so absurdly you simply leave it) but it's pretty rare. Good test case.

dandellion 3y ago
Something similar happened in Spain in 2014, when a local law would have forced Google to pay for linking or using abstracts. They shut down Google News. https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2014/dec/12/google-news-spain-tax-withdraws https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2014/dec/12/google... It remained closed until 2022 when the law was changed and newspapers were allowed to negotiate directly with Google individually. https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-news-re-opens-spain-after-eight-year-shutdown-2022-06-22/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-news-re-opens-spai...
- ocdtrekkie 3y ago
  But Google and Facebook both said the same would happen in France and Australia, where they are now complying with both: Spain caved too quickly.
  - Hnrobert42 3y ago
    Too quickly? I can’t tell if you are joking.
  - moneywoes 3y ago
    The Australia bill is different and allows negotiations no?