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Wow, terrible precedent being set here. Now any France based startup that wants to take on Google with their own media linking service will be overwhelmed by fe
by FreeKill 14y ago
Wow, terrible precedent being set here. Now any France based startup that wants to take on Google with their own media linking service will be overwhelmed by fees before they can even get up and running. I really wish Google hadn't caved to these demands...
- CaveTech 14y agoIt's not Google's job to protect the rights of other companies. Plus, the way you phrase it, you're say that you wish Google would have held out to make it easier for future competitors to upset them. Sure the outcome sucks, but your comment is actually defending a point opposite to the one you intend.
- ptomato 14y agoPresumably that deal involved this http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/google-creates-60m-digital-publishing.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/google-creates-60m-di... so it's possible that there may not really be much caving at all involved here.