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Re:Spanish News Publishers’ Association Asks Gov to Help Sto... by rjayatilleka on Sunday December 14, 2014 @02:50PM (#8749320)
Yup, exactly. The only reason it didn't happen in Spain right away is the "inalienable right" clause, so that publisher's couldn't sign away the right to be paid. If that goes away, it'll be the same situation as Germany.
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Re:Spanish News Publishers’ Association Asks Gov to Help Sto... by incompatible on Sunday December 14, 2014 @05:23PM (#8749784)
This seems like a bizarre law. I assume that it only applies to news publishers, so that you can still publish open-source software or put CC licences on your own photos without needing to demand payment?
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Re:Spanish News Publishers’ Association Asks Gov to Help Sto... by rjayatilleka on Sunday December 14, 2014 @11:11PM (#8750639)
I haven't read the law itself, but I assume it only applies to news publishing. Simply banning the right to give your content out for free would be extremely broad and overly stupid for any government to do legally.
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Re:Spanish News Publishers’ Association Asks Gov to Help Sto... by raverbashing on Sunday December 14, 2014 @02:59PM (#8749346)
Good, it's even better

Now those imbeciles realize they shot themselves in the foot?

If they want Google to stay they should pay them. It's that simple

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Re:Spanish News Publishers’ Association Asks Gov to Help Sto... by saalweachter on Sunday December 14, 2014 @05:10PM (#8749740)
They probably thought the clause would force unity.

I'm guessing they analyzed the German situation as a failure of unity: some publishers "sold out" and signed no-money agreements with Google, which weakened the position of the holdouts. They -- possibly the same group of publishers lobbying for the German law -- presumably thought that if they forced unity, then Google would be forced to pay up rather than walk away.

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