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Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

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Re: Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

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Post by NorwegianDude »

I think search engines should be opt-in, not opt-out. Just linking to something is fine, but search engines also takes content and uses it to earn money. One example is the cards on Google where they extract content and shows it alongside ads.

Nothing else I can think of works like this. Generally if you take the work of others without being allowed and use it to make money you'll end up in trouble.

Now, for most people the trade-off is worth it, but it should not be the default. It should be a quick opt-in using robots.txt.

Re: Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

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Post by dghughes »

Georgelemental wrote: post #52

Who qualifies as a news organization under this law? Can any random declare themselves a "journalist"? Or do the benefits accrue only to Trusted Sources approved by Your Friend, The Government?

It's Bill C-18 here it is if you want to read it.

https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-18/royal-a...

Re: Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

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Post by granzymes »

Respect to Meta for having the courage to stand up to the media lobby in Canada and turn off news in response to this law. I'm happy that Google wrung concessions out of the government, but it would've been better for the open internet had they stuck to their guns and removed news links as well.

Re: Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

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Post by randomdata »

brushfoot wrote: post #47

Even 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.

Especially when the news organization is free to deny the request referred by a linking party who has not offered the expected compensation. It is not clear why a new law is needed here when existing contract law already sufficiently covers the issue.

Re: Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

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Post by Analemma_ »

NorwegianDude wrote: post #55

I think search engines should be opt-in, not opt-out. Just linking to something is fine, but search engines also takes content and uses it to earn money. One example is the cards on Google where they extract content and shows it alongside ads. Nothing else I can think of works like this. Generally if you take the work of others without being allowed and use it to make money you'll end up in trouble. Now, for most peo…

This is such a bizarre way of thinking that's utterly antithetical to how the internet works. If you publish something publicly on the internet, people can see it and link to it. If you don't want that, gate access behind a paywall or login, or don't publish it all. Publishing it publicly and then demanding conditions on how it is accessed is kind of nonsensical.
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