Re:Google cuts dozens of jobs in news division
by acdha on Saturday October 21, 2023 @11:35AM
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Isn’t a tax on aggregators’ ad revenue effectively that? It’s not saying that Google or Facebook can’t make plenty of money, only that they need to share some of their profits with the people whose work allowed them to make that profit in the first place.
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Re:Google cuts dozens of jobs in news division
by scarface_74 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @11:49AM
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Okay. If that’s the case, let the newspapers and Google negotiate. We already see who is hurt more when Google walks away
Re:Google cuts dozens of jobs in news division
by acdha on Saturday October 21, 2023 @12:10PM
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That appears to be in progress, so it looks like regulation is working.
Re:Google cuts dozens of jobs in news division
by scarface_74 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @12:17PM
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You mean forcing Google to pay Rupert Murdoch who pushed for the legislation in Australia?