14m daily fb users in canada, $6 per head. I don't know if that's too much or too little.
Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
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#42“The agreement would see Canadian news continue to be shared on Google's platforms in return for the company making annual payments to news companies in the range of $100 million, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told CBC News.”
Countries are now extorting American tech companies, that’s what’s really going on here.
Well it's a shitty way to operate but since these companies pay close to zero taxes I kinda support it
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#43This looks like a capitulation for the Canadian government to save face. The goal was to provide continuous money for Canadian media (based on clicks not a 100 mill lump sum to an organization representing all media) and more importantly to give legacy media clicks - privilege their content over other content.
Google and facebook refused, and I think this is Canada's government and their media lobbyists bowing to a watered down money payment to save face after not getting what they actually sought for
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Countries are now extorting American tech companies, that’s what’s really going on here.
If you're doing business in a country, naturally you need to deal with the regulatory environment of that country. Its surprising to see such explicit american chauvinism when discussing this issue.
Canadian here, many Canadians oppose this law and have a negative view of the CTRC. Many did not agree with the level of control over online news content that the Canadian government sought with this bill.
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#45So apparently it is plausible to require, then.
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#46So apparently it is plausible to require, then.
Always was. Never believe the talking points and attempts at shaping the narrative. It’s “impossible” until it’s done.
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#47Even if you agree that Google should have to prop up Canadian news organizations—which I don't, but for the sake of argument—predicating that support specifically on hyperlinks seems like a terrible precedent to set. Any site of any size should be free to link wherever it wants, freely.
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#48Even if you agree that Google should have to prop up Canadian news organizations—which I don't, but for the sake of argument—predicating that support specifically on hyperlinks seems like a terrible precedent to set. Any site of any size should be free to link wherever it wants, freely.
Yes. Adding more walls to the increasingly walled gardens of the internet is terrible.
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#49Where does this end? Can’t any country squat on links and require (not just google, but whoever) pay?
Re: Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
#50Where does this end? Can’t any country squat on links and require (not just google, but whoever) pay?
Yes.
Most of the time it's not worthwhile though because few companies will pay, and at some point breaking the web starts losing you votes so politicians will back down first. Except when it's Google..