> they start crying 'Publishers should not have to choose between protecting their copyrights and shunning the search-engine databases that map the Internet'.
And they don't have to choose. Google search results don't include very much of the content so a user has to click on the link to go to their site to see said content. They're free to do whatever they want to do to protect content on their site. They're free to do whatever they want to do to monetize said content.
When pushed, their complaints seem to be:
(1) when they implement protections, users go elsewhere
(2) They can't get enough ad revenue from their pages.
(3) Other folks "steal" their content and google will find said stolen content and help users find it. (In many cases, said other "copies" are completely legit. The sneer quotes are because they object when someone else reports the same news.)
(4) Google makes money online and we're not, and since we're providing content and Google is just telling folks how to find it, Google is clearly cheating somehow.
And they don't have to choose. Google search results don't include very much of the content so a user has to click on the link to go to their site to see said content. They're free to do whatever they want to do to protect content on their site. They're free to do whatever they want to do to monetize said content.
When pushed, their complaints seem to be:
(1) when they implement protections, users go elsewhere
(2) They can't get enough ad revenue from their pages.
(3) Other folks "steal" their content and google will find said stolen content and help users find it. (In many cases, said other "copies" are completely legit. The sneer quotes are because they object when someone else reports the same news.)
(4) Google makes money online and we're not, and since we're providing content and Google is just telling folks how to find it, Google is clearly cheating somehow.