Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

Brazil is currently considering a similar law that would require social networks to compensate content creators for each republication [1]. However, unlike the situation in Canada, the Brazilian lawmakers have taken into account this scenario. The law mandates that social networks cannot cease publishing the content and must negotiate compensation in "fair terms." Personally, I find this approach to be quite perplexing.

[1] Source: https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2023/04/50899...

Re: Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

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Post by TekMol » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 6:48 PM UTC

News outlets usually provide RSS feeds.

Don't they allow to show the contents of those feeds on websites?

And isn't showing the content of the RSS feed "fair use" anyhow?

When I look at the content of the Toronto Star for example:

https://www.thestar.com/content/thestar/feed.RSSManagerServl...

My gut feeling is that showing those short snippets with a link to the articles should be fair use. Am I wrong?

Re: Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 6:48 PM UTC

alphanullmeric wrote: post #4

jimnotgym wrote: post #3

Just need the US and EU to follow suit now and the giants can get back to paying for what they use!

What are they using?

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Re: Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

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Post by thorncorona » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 6:49 PM UTC

alphanullmeric wrote: post #4

jimnotgym wrote: post #3

Just need the US and EU to follow suit now and the giants can get back to paying for what they use!

What are they using?

Probably cocaine. By the looks of it.

Re: Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

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Post by whywhywhydude » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 6:49 PM UTC

Going a step further, I think google should stop crawling websites that are paywalled. When I search for something, I want to see results that I can click on. Not some snippets from NYT, WSJ, Bloomberg and others which are heavily paywalled.

Re: Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

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Post by amusingimpala75 » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 6:52 PM UTC

bratao wrote: post #5

Brazil is currently considering a similar law that would require social networks to compensate content creators for each republication [1]. However, unlike the situation in Canada, the Brazilian lawmakers have taken into account this scenario. The law mandates that social networks cannot cease publishing the content and must negotiate compensation in "fair terms." Personally, I find this approach to be quite perplexi…

So if I understand correctly, those companies are now going to be forced into paying for products that they cannot just stop using?