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RE: Europe is Planning a Content "Snippet Tax" for Google and Other News Aggregators
I'd never normally side with news publishers but in this case they are on the right side. They are paying to produce or distribute their content. Google, which can easily afford to pay, is profiting off their investment and work.
If a newspaper can't generate enough money with their paid subscriptions and advertisers, why should they ask google for money? Doesn't make sense. The only way they can survive is by publishing high quality reports and generate more revenue from paid subscriptions. Keep it simple.
yeah, any content they want people to pay for can be behind a paywall
I had different subscriptions with newscorps usings a paywall, but what really annoyed me was they still had to rely on advertisers. How can a news corporation be independent if at the same time they are dependend from advertisers? They could learn from netflix.
Google is profiting from their work. There is no reason Google can't afford to pay them or, if a particular paper has an issue while another doesn't, respect their wishes and omit that content.
I get what you mean ;)