Google Threatens to Remove French News Sites Rather than Pay Them for Links

If French news publishers really want to shoot themselves in the foot (and face and stomach), Google is going to let them. That's the gist of a letter from Google sent to several French ministers regarding a proposed law that would require search engines to pay news sites for sending p... [ read more >> ]

French newspapers have no idea how to make money, so they want some of Google's, who obviously doesn't have this problem

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French newspapers have no idea how to make money, so they want some of Google's, who obviously doesn't have this problem