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The hate of Google blinds some to the point that we have to see people happy that Google is getting fined for showing news excerpts.

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So why the f** Google can screw youtubers with the Disney laws but it should not also apply to Google Search. On Youtube if Google thinks you have a snippet that is similar to something claimed they will punish you , so they decided that using snippets from others and making money is BAD , then the other arm of Google is extracting snippets from others and they make money and this is good now?

That’s Disney’s doing, not Google’s. Sonny Bono used to be known as “the Congressman from Disney”.

So is it fair that Google only respects Dsney(american) laws ? From what I understand if your video has some claimed stuffgoogle can take your money and give it to the big companies, would be fair that also Google search money to go to newspapers too.

Or Google can defend Youtubers rights for fair use too, but we all know they will do whatever makes more money so the a few billionaires will buy a new jet or yacht

You can use parts of copyrighted content for certain kinds of videos including commentary.

Google previously brought up that the newspapers can use robots.txt to prevent the scraping of there site. If you check the robots.txt of the major French newspapers, both allow Googlebot on the main content areas.

The French news paper's both want to be listed on Google yet don't want Google to show previews/snippets. It looks like beggars can be choosers if they cry to the French government.

It used to be that your customers were supposed to like or respect you. Now we have a growing number of companies with customers that actively dislike them, just waiting for a better alternative so they can jump ship. It is a problem with monopolies.

In this case, as mentioned in the article, Google is fined for not complying with a formal order by France's Competition Authority.

This is how it works in all countries. In the US, try not to take an order by the SEC seriously, for instance...

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