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I'm all for helping journalists and their outlets survive but this isn't a
tool for the "little guy".
Who is this money going to in Australia? My suspicion is that it goes to the
largest news outlets who have expensive lawyers to pursue enforcement. I
very much doubt that a small regional newspaper sees much of anything. Even
if they "earn" something, getting it from Google or Microsoft is not easy.
The larger outlets already force users to pay to see content (beyond a few
per month) for revenue. Smaller outlets can't do that, or they won't get any
traffic.
I own web domains in several countries and some of the material appears in
search engines and news aggregators in Australia. Everything I publish has
copyrights attached. Neither I nor my staff will be holding our breath that
a payment is on the way. And yes, Google knows where to find me.
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-Rob de Santos
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From: Internetradio On Behalf Of John A. Figliozzi
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 4:16 PM
To: [email protected]; internet discussion <[email protected]>
Subject: [Internetradio] CBC News : Liberal government tables legislation to
force online giants to compensate news outlets
Australia first did this. The US Congress should do it too.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-giants-must-pay-for-news-bill-1.6408
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