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Microsoft backs Australian law forcing Google to pay for news links – Ars Technica
Google has vowed to shutter Australian search engine before paying for news links.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
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Google has portrayed itself as a defender of the open Internet as it battles an Australian proposal to force Google and Facebook to pay Australian news organizations to link to their articles. Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has argued that the ability to link to content without paying is “fundamental to how the Web operates.”
Google has warned that if the proposal becomes law, the company may exit the Australian…
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