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Published March 3, 2021
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Bill Shorten, of all people, didn’t hold back when calling out the government’s choice of acting Attorney-General.
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Christian Porter is taking a short break after he publicly denied historical rape allegations on Wednesday. Despite the controversy, he refused to step down permanently.
Google is paying more for news in a break with its past
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Google is under growing pressure to pay for information that, for two decades, the search provider snipped from the Web and made a mint from without paying a penny.
Australian and French efforts to force Google to compensate news publishers are only the latest examples of a trend spanning the globe. Canada is considering a similar requirement and rival Microsoft has urged the US to pass a comparable law.
“If Australia is successful, it could be a precedent for the rest of the world,” said Belinda Barnet, a senior lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.
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Google Is Paying for More Information in a Break With Its Past
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(Bloomberg) Google is under growing pressure to pay for information that, for two decades, the search provider snipped from the web and made a mint from without paying a penny.
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Australian and French efforts to force Google to compensate news publishers are only the latest examples of a trend spanning the globe. Canada is considering a similar requirement and rival Microsoft Corp. has urged the U.S. to pass a comparable law.
“If Australia is successful, it could be a precedent for the rest of the world,” said Belinda Barnet, a senior lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.
Google is under growing pressure to pay for information that, for two decades, the search provider snipped from the web — and made a mint from — without paying a penny.