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"We’ve talked a fair bit about Australia’s ridiculous “News Bargaining Code,”
which is literally nothing more than a tax on Facebook and Google for sending
traffic to media organizations. Again, the law requires Facebook and Google
(and just Facebook and Google) to pay media organizations for sending them web
traffic. This is, of course, backwards to any sensible set up. Why should
anyone have to pay for sending traffic to a website? Here, the answer appears
to be, because Rupert Murdoch wants to get paid and is jealous of the success
of Facebook and Google. The best summary of the whole thing comes from the
Australian satirical video maker,
The Juice Media"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
