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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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