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Re:Google faces first investigation by its European lead aut... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday May 23, 2019 @02:25PM (#19994462)
>If the spirit of the law is to ban your business model, switch to a different one or stop operating.

That may end up happening. With the copyright directive and these fines, companies may find that serving EU consumers is not worth it and may start blocking EU users from their services.

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Re:Google faces first investigation by its European lead aut... by takeda on Thursday May 23, 2019 @07:00PM (#19996869)
They will probably also block California in a year or so, since similar law will come into effect then.
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Re:Google faces first investigation by its European lead aut... by anoncake on Thursday May 23, 2019 @02:43PM (#19994610)
That's good, it means we don't have to block them.
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