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Re:Ask HN: Can someone please explain the logic of Google vs... by gry on Tuesday April 07, 2009 @01:48AM (#550471)
Blocking Google is a gambit to get aggregators (Google, others) to negotiate a licensing fee.

(Aggregator license revenue + site revenue + declining print revenue) > (site revenue + declining print revenue). It's a tourniquet.

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