Google's Threat to Block Australia over Content Fees Sparks Anger

Posted by hunterjumper06 on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:16AM
from the aljazeera.com dept.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/google-threatens-to-block-australia-over-law-on-content-fees

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Re:Google's Threat to Block Australia over Content Fees Spar... by aurizon on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:20AM (#25871856)

Well, it will give Australia a chance to create a comparable search engine(s) of their own, and Google will lose that market. Might be good for Australia in the long run...

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Re:Google's Threat to Block Australia over Content Fees Spar... by Bostonian on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:36AM (#25871953)

Couldn't Google just block Google News in Australia, but let regular Google search operate? Would it still owe content fees then?

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