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So #Google threatens Parliament to shut down Search in Australia if the proposed "new-media bargaining code" is not changed (rules mandate #Google & #Facebook to pay publishers for links to news articles in search results). Meanwhile in Europe … 1/ wsj.com/articles/googl…
...on the same day a settlement is announced between @GoogleEnFrance and French publishers @AlliancePress on payments for news - after the @Adlc_ went to war with #interim_measures and an #injunction to negotiate. Seems to have concentrated minds... 2/
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Why the difference? Well, the #French solution is a local affair, a "framework agreement" for #Google to negotiate licensing deals with individual publishers under the Copyright Directive. The @acccgovau #bargaining_code has potential to #contaminate other jurisdictions...3/
