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Google inks landmark agreements with Australian media giants – CNET
The deals Google is cutting in Australia could change how it treats news outlets around the world.
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Google has been in a highly publicized spat with the Australian government in recent months over a bill — the News Media Bargaining Code — that would force Google to pay news publishers for stories that surface in Google Search inquiries. The conflict almost turned into a confrontation, with Google at one point threatening to pull search out of Australia entirely if it was forced to pay for news links and snippets that Google Search provides.
Now, after a senate committee last…
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