nir Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Google may shut down its Google News service in the European Union (EU) if a proposed “link tax” for using news stories comes into force in member countries, The Guardian reported. According to the new copyright directive, adopted by the European Parliament on September 12, tech giants must pay for work of artists and journalists which they use. To put the rule changes into effect, individual member countries would have to draft local laws. Google is deeply concerned about the current proposals, which are designed to compensate struggling news publishers if snippets of their articles appear in search results, Richard Gingras, the search engine’s Vice President of News told the Guardian. The future of Google News could depend on whether the EU was willing to alter the phrasing of the legislation, he said. “We can’t make a decision until we see the final language,” he was quoted as saying. This is not the first time an attempt is being made to charge Google for links. In 2014, Spain passed a law requiring aggregation sites to pay for news links. Google then decided to close down the service for Spanish consumers. Traditional media outlets tend to blame Google for sucking up much of the advertising revenue which used to prop up print newspapers, the Guardian reported. But many news websites also depend on the service to drive traffic to their websites. Google News is not directly a profit-making business for the company, while it does encourage users to spend more time on the company’s websites, Gingras said, adding that the search giant does not put any advertising in Google News. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 trying to hide real news smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 33 minutes ago, knowledge said: trying to hide real news smart It don't have nothing to do with hiding the news, it got to do with the EU wants to charge them a link tax for providing a free service that don't even have any ads. Its not like YouTube were they monetize any news you look for. Google News and Google translate dont have ads. only thing Google gets from it is PR . In my opinion they really wouldnt be losing any thing since they messed it up with it's new design but still many people in the EU like it and don't want to see it go. I don't use it anymore because it a pain to use and loads slow now and has very little results . A debate about it is going on here at Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18501466 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 soon all places will ban news but if its from your own country then its fine maybe its how things will be soon nomore news ? France talks about block rt crazy times now for your comment YouTube were they monetize any news you look for real they did try with rt on much things now we have like this on all videos its like free ads for russia gov smart move i think i like to read the things wik say its just funny things RT is funded in whole or in part by the Russian government Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 22, 2018 Administrator Share Posted November 22, 2018 Concerning this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 steven36 France no like google now aswell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 17 hours ago, knowledge said: now for your comment YouTube were they monetize any news you look for real they did try with rt on much things now we have like this on all videos I get no ads on YouTube because i use and ad blocker if i want to watch drm protected content , but most stuff is not protected by drm on YouTube now just free movies and a few other things are 99% of stuff i just copy the link and put it in FreeTube app witch is YouTube without using YouTube api .They are using Invidious API now and it works as same as YouTube in the app .with no ads. If YouTube don't show no ads much it means they not pay RT anything much . In the USA when they watch RT or al jazeera on YouTube without and adblocker they get a warning that it state-funded news broadcasts now. They do the same with state state-funded news broadcasts from the USA like Radio Free America news. They have filters for adblockers that remove most all annoyances on the site but UBO block Google ads in the videos by default so far very good. So far its only in the USA https://youtube.googleblog.com/2018/02/greater-transparency-for-users-around.html 2 hours ago, knowledge said: France no like google now aswell ? France don't like nothing they have so much protest in there country they block traffic almost everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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