Study Of Spain's 'Google Tax' On News Shows How Much Damage It Has Done
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150725/14510131761/study-spains-google-tax-news-shows-how-much-damage-it-has-done.shtml
However, the really telling part of the report is that
this law that was passed in the name of helping news
publications, ended up doing tremendous harm to many online
publications -- especially smaller sites that frequently (and
happily) relied on Google News and other aggregators for a
significant amount of traffic. The report points out that it
wasn't just Google News that shut down because of this law: a
whole bunch of local Spanish aggregators shut down themselves,
switched business models entirely, or similarly left the Spanish
market entirely. The report notes that sites like Planeta
Ludico, NiagaRank, InfoAliment and Multifriki shut down
entirely, as they were scared of the economic and legal
liability from the new law. The report notes the case of
NiagaRank is particularly troubling as it has a wider impact on
innovation in Spain ...
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As Gomer Pyle would say, "Surprise, surprise, surprise." Great work
Spain -- if you're suicidal, that is.
--Lauren--
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