I don't really understand the argument that Google is profiting off news sites. Google is driving traffic to sites that wouldn't otherwise have it, and as far a

I don't really understand the argument that Google is profiting off news sites. Google is driving traffic to sites that wouldn't otherwise have it, and as far as I've seen they don't even place ads on Google News. Google should be charging the newspapers for access - not paying them. It's also a bit rich for newspapers to argue that they're providing much of value, when so many stories are blatant ripoffs from their competitors or lightly rewritten wire articles. Public consumption of the news is shifting to a 'singles' model, like the music industry, but newspapers persist in acting like they're on an 1890s Vaudeville circuit. The industry should shrink to the point that the only survivors are producing original, valuable content.