Wed, 01 Feb 2006

Newspapers want search engines to pay

Ya know, if I were a search engine, I'd just say "No." And I'd cut their content out, and let them watch their web advertising revenues join the downward spiral with their print ad revenue.

If Google and Yahoo! are "exploiting content" here, then so is the corner newsstand - they're doing the same thing, helping readers find the content they're after, by simply by displaying the physical paper. "As in bricks, so in bytes."

Tired of watching Google and others profit from their content, newspapers mull their options. At least one newspaper has already sued.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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